Genus
Valid Extinct

Almas

Pei et al. 2017

Almas is a genus of troodontid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. It contains a single species, Almas ukhaa, named in 2017 by Pei Rui and colleagues, based on a partial articulated skeleton. The only known specimen was found in the Djadochta Formation, which is late Campanian in age.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore, omnivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Almas
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Life reconstruction of Almas, Tom Parker, 2017. © Tomopteryx · 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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Maniraptora Unranked clade
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Paraves Unranked clade
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Deinonychosauria Infraorder
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Troodontidae Family
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Almas Genus
Measurements
Length
0,75 m ⓘ
Almas ukhaa
Mass
1 kg ⓘ
Almas ukhaa
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇳 Mongolia
1
Geological formations
Djadokhta
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Almas ukhaa 84 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
R. Pei, M. A. Norell, and D. E. Barta, G. S. Bever, M. Pittman, X. Xu. 2017. Osteology of a new Late Cretaceous troodontid specimen from Ukhaa Tolgod, Ömnögovi Aimag, Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 3889:1-47 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
R. Pei, M. A. Norell, and D. E. Barta, G. S. Bever, M. Pittman, X. Xu. 2017. Osteology of a new Late Cretaceous troodontid specimen from Ukhaa Tolgod, Ömnögovi Aimag, Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 3889:1-47 DOI ↗