| Ulughbegsaurus Temporal range: Turonian,
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| Holotype specimen, showing initial interpretation as a carcharodontosaurian maxilla | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Avetheropoda |
| Genus: | †Ulughbegsaurus Tanaka et al., 2021 |
| Type species | |
| †Ulughbegsaurus uzbekistanensis Tanaka et al., 2021
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Ulughbegsaurus (meaning "Ulugh Beg's lizard") is a dubious genus of theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous aged Bissekty Formation, Uzbekistan.[1] The type species is Ulughbegsaurus uzbekistanensis.[2][3]
- ^ Rieger, Sarah (7 September 2021). "Newly discovered dinosaur predated tyrannosaurs — and at the time was a bigger apex predator". CBC News. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ^ Семён Морозов (2021-09-10). "Новый теропод из Узбекистана оказался верховным хищником своей экосистемы". N+1. Archived from the original on 2021-10-01. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
- ^ Tanaka K, Anvarov OU, Zelenitsky DK, Ahmedshaev AS, Kobayashi Y (2021). "A new carcharodontosaurian theropod dinosaur occupies apex predator niche in the early Late Cretaceous of Uzbekistan". Royal Society Open Science. 8 (9): Article ID 210923. Bibcode:2021RSOS....810923T. doi:10.1098/rsos.210923. PMC 8424376. PMID 34527277.