Alectrosaurus Gilmore 1933 (coelurosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda

Full reference: C. W. Gilmore. 1933. On the dinosaurian fauna of the Iren Dabasu Formation. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 68(2-3):23-78

Parent taxon: Tyrannosauroidea according to T. D. Carr 2023

See also Barsbold 1983, Barsbold 1997, Buffetaut et al. 1996, Buffetaut et al. 1997, Carroll 1988, Charig 1967, Currie 1992, Currie 2000, Currie and Eberth 1993, Currie et al. 2003, Dong 1992, Gauthier 1986, Gilmore 1933, Holtz 1997, Holtz 2001, Holtz 2004, Huene 1958, Kuhn 1939, Kurzanov 1976, Kurzanov 1989, Mader and Bradley 1989, Manabe 1999, Molnar et al. 1990, Nessov 1995, Norell 1997, Paul 1988, Perle 1977, Rauhut 2003, Riabinin 1938, Romer 1956, Romer 1966, Rozhdestvensky 1977, Sereno 1998, Steel 1970, Tatarinov 1964 and Turner et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Alioramini, Appalachiosaurus, Bagaraatan, Bistahieversor, Calamosaurus, Chingkankousaurus, Deinodon, Dilong, Diplotomodon, Dryptosaurus, Eotyrannus, Jinbeisaurus, Juratyrant, Labocania, Moros, Proceratosauridae, Raptorex, Santanaraptor, Stokesosaurus, Suskityrannus, Teihivenator, Theroplantigrada, Timimus, Timurlengia, Tomodon horrificus, Tyrannosauridae, Tyrannosaurus lanpingensis, Xiongguanlong

Subtaxa: Alectrosaurus olseni

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (2 collections), Kazakhstan (2), Tajikistan (2), Uzbekistan (12)

Total: 18 collections including 19 occurrences

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