Tugulusaurus Dong 1973 (coelurosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda

Full reference: Z. Dong. 1973. [Dinosaurs from Wuerho]. Reports of Paleontological Expedition to Sinkiang (II): Pterosaurian Fauna from Wuerho, Sinkiang. Memoirs of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Academia Sinica 11:45-52

Parent taxon: Alvarezsauroidea according to K. Kubo et al. 2023

See also Carroll 1988, Choiniere et al. 2010, Dong 1973, Dong 1992, Holtz et al. 2004, Rauhut et al. 2010, Rauhut and Xu 2005, Ruiz-OmeƱaca and Canudo 2003 and Yates 2005

Sister taxa: Alvarezsauridae, Bannykus, Bonapartenykus, Haplocheirus, Nemegtonykus, Patagonykinae, Patagonykus, Qiupanykus, Xiyunykus

Subtaxa: Tugulusaurus faciles

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Wuerho, IVPP site 64041 (Cretaceous of China)

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