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Alectrosaurus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 83–74Ma
Alectrosaurm olseni.jpg
Right hind foot of Alectrosaurus olseni. No. 6368, A.M.N.H.
Scientific classification
Genus:
Alectrosaurus
Species:
olseni

Alectrosaurus is a theropod dinosaur related to Tyrannosaurus, Alioramus and Tarbosaurus. It lived in Mongolia about 83-74 million years ago. Alectrosaurus as a genus existed for about 9 million years.

Images for kids

  • Excavation of Alectrosaurus hind limb in 1923

    Excavation of the right hindlimb of A. olseni specimen AMNH 6554, in 1923. George Olsen on the right

  • Alectrosaurm olseni

    Holotype right pes of A. olseni, American Museum of Natural History

  • Alectrosaurus

    Life restoration, based on the holotype specimen

  • Alectrosaurus portrait by PaleoGeek

    Life restoration of the head

  • Gigantoraptor and Alectrosaurus

    Restoration of two Gigantoraptors protecting their nest from two Archaeornithomimus and an Alectrosaurus

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