Alectrosaurus
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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Superfamily: | Tyrannosauroidea |
| Genus: | Alectrosaurus Gilmore, 1933 |
| Species: | A. olseni
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| Alectrosaurus olseni Gilmore, 1933
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Alectrosaurus Media
Excavation of the right hindlimb of A. olseni specimen AMNH 6554, in 1923. George Olsen on the right
Holotype right pes of A. olseni, American Museum of Natural History
Stokesosaurus by Tom Parker
Here is a current representation of what Xiongguanlong would look like in life according to what is available.
Restoration of Timurlengia euotica based on images of known remains and related genera.
Alectrosaurus size chart reconstruction by Tom Parker.
Life reconstruction of Khankhuuluu mongoliensis
Late Cretaceous basal tyrannosaur Dryptosaurus
Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis
References
- ↑ Alectrosaurus | Natural History Museum (in en). www.nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-06-30.