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Alectrosaurus

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Alectrosaurus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 83–74 Ma
Alectrosaurus size comparison
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Superfamily: Tyrannosauroidea
Genus: Alectrosaurus
Gilmore, 1933
Species:
A. olseni
Binomial name
Alectrosaurus olseni
Gilmore, 1933

Alectrosaurus is a theropod dinosaur related to Tyrannosaurus, Alioramus and Tarbosaurus. It lived in Mongolia and China in the Late Cretaceous period, about 90-70 million years ago.[1] Alectrosaurus as a genus existed for about 9 million years.

References

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  1. "Alectrosaurus | Natural History Museum". www.nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-06-30.