Timurlengia

Timurlengia euotica

Timurlengia ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Uzbekistan.

When: Late Cretaceous (Turonian) · roughly 93.9 to 89.8 million years ago
Named in: 2016 · Brusatte, S. L.; Averianov, A.; Sues, H. D.; Muir, A.; Butler, I. B.
Hip height: 1.1 m · 4 ft
Length: 3–4 m · 10–13 ft
Weight: 170–270 kg · 375–595 lb
Found in: Uzbekistan · Bissekty
Food and walking: Carnivore · Two legs
Kind: sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
Family branch: Tyrannosauroidea

The story in short

In 2016, S. L. Brusatte and colleagues published the name Timurlengia. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.

It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Turonian), roughly 93.9 to 89.8 million years ago. Finds come from Uzbekistan, including the Bissekty Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.

Published estimates put Timurlengia at a length near 3–4 m, hips about 1.1 m high, and a body mass around 170–270 kg.

On the family tree it sits in Tyrannosauroidea, among the theropod dinosaurs.

Close relatives

Alectrosaurus

Alectrosaurus olseni

Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago

Aviatyrannis

Aviatyrannis jurassica

Late Jurassic (Oxfordian · Kimmeridgian · Tithonian) · roughly 161.5 to 143.1 million years ago

Calamosaurus

Calamosaurus foxi

Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago