Nanuqsaurus
Extinct genus of dinosaurs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nanuqsaurus | |
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Reconstructed skeleton, Perot Museum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Family: | †Tyrannosauridae |
Subfamily: | †Tyrannosaurinae |
Genus: | †Nanuqsaurus Fiorillo & Tykoski, 2014 |
Type species | |
†Nanuqsaurus hoglundi Fiorillo & Tykoski, 2014 |
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Nanuqsaurus (meaning "polar bear lizard") is a genus of tyrannosaurine theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous period (middle Maastrichtian age) Prince Creek Formation of the North Slope of Alaska, having lived roughly 70-68 million years ago. It contains a single species, Nanuqsaurus hoglundi, known only from a partial skull and multiple undescribed postcranial and teeth elements.