Almas ukhaa

Almas
Temporal range: Campanian, 75–71 Ma
Life reconstruction of Almas, Tom Parker, 2017.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Family: Troodontidae
Genus: Almas
Pei et al., 2017
Type species
Almas ukhaa
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.[1]

  1. ^ Pei, R.; Norell, M.A.; Barta, D.E.; Bever, G.S.; Pittman, M.; Xu, Xing (2017). "Osteology of a New Late Cretaceous Troodontid Specimen from Ukhaa Tolgod, Ömnögovi Aimag, Mongolia". American Museum Novitates (3889): 1–47. doi:10.1206/3889.1. S2CID 90883541.