Genus
Valid Extinct

Ulughbegsaurus

Tanaka et al. 2021
Etymology Ulugh Beg

Ulughbegsaurus is an extinct genus of carcharodontosaurid theropod dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Bissekty Formation and Khodzhakul Formation of Uzbekistan. The genus contains a single species, Ulughbegsaurus uzbekistanensis, known from multiple maxilla fragments.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Ulughbegsaurus
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Holotype of Ulughbegsaurus as well as the holotype placed on a reconstruction of Ulughbegsaurus's skull © Kohei Tanaka, Otabek Ulugbek Ogli Anvarov, Darla K. Zelenitsky, Akhmadjon Shayakubovich Ahmedshaev and Yoshitsugu Kobayashi · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Tetanurae Unranked clade
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Allosauroidea Superfamily
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Carcharodontosauria Unranked clade
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Ulughbegsaurus Genus
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan
3
Geological formations
Bissekty
3
Temporal distribution
Turonian (93.9–89.8 Ma)
3
Species (1)
Ulughbegsaurus uzbekistanensis 94 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
K. Tanaka, O. U. O. Anvarov, and D. K. Zelenitsky, A., S. Ahmedshaev, Y. Kobayashi. 2021. A new carcharodontosaurian theropod dinosaur occupies apex predator niche in the early Late Cretaceous of Uzbekistan. Royal Society Open Science 8(9):210923:1-10 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
K. Tanaka, O. U. O. Anvarov, and D. K. Zelenitsky, A., S. Ahmedshaev, Y. Kobayashi. 2021. A new carcharodontosaurian theropod dinosaur occupies apex predator niche in the early Late Cretaceous of Uzbekistan. Royal Society Open Science 8(9):210923:1-10 DOI ↗