Genus
Valid Extinct

Timurlengia

Brusatte et al. 2016

Timurlengia is an extinct genus of tyrannosauroid dinosaurs known from the early Late Cretaceous Bissekty Formation of the Kyzylkum Desert in Uzbekistan. The genus contains a single species, Timurlengia euotica, named in 2016 based on a braincase and numerous single bones of many individuals.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Timurlengia
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3D-printed cast of the Timurlengia euotica holotypic braincase (ZIN PH 1146/16) on display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. © Jonathan Chen · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Tetanurae Unranked clade
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Coelurosauria Unranked clade
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Tyrannosauroidea Superfamily
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Timurlengia Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan
1
Geological formations
Bissekty
1
Temporal distribution
Turonian (93.9–89.8 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Timurlengia euotica 94 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
S. L. Brusatte, A. Averianov, and H. Sues, A. Muir, I. B. Butler. 2016. New tyrannosaur from the mid-Cretaceous of Uzbekistan clarifies evolution of giant body sizes and advanced senses in tyrant dinosaurs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113(13):3447-3452 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
S. L. Brusatte, A. Averianov, and H. Sues, A. Muir, I. B. Butler. 2016. New tyrannosaur from the mid-Cretaceous of Uzbekistan clarifies evolution of giant body sizes and advanced senses in tyrant dinosaurs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113(13):3447-3452 DOI ↗