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Alpkarakush

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Alpkarakush

Carnivore
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There is no write-up for this dinosaur yet, but the scientific data below is complete.

Who lived alongside it

Dinosaurs found in the same rock formation as Alpkarakush (Balabansai), so they lived in the same region at roughly the same time.

Formation data from the Paleobiology Database, counting only each genus's main formations. One formation can span hundreds of thousands to millions of years, so this doesn't mean any two of them ever met.

Scientific details

Classification
Theropod (two-legged predators)
Family
Metriacanthosauridae
When it lived
161.5–165.3 million years ago
Geologic stages
Callovian
Named by
Rauhut et al., 2024
Fossil occurrences
1 sites

Countries with fossils

  • Kyrgyzstan

Data from Paleobiology Database and Wikidata