Tugulusaurus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Clade: | †Alvarezsauria |
Superfamily: | †Alvarezsauroidea |
Genus: | †Tugulusaurus Dong, 1973 |
Species: | †T. faciles
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Binomial name | |
†Tugulusaurus faciles Dong, 1973
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Tugulusaurus (meaning "Tugulu lizard") is a genus of coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur that belongs to the Alvarezsauroidea. It is known from the Early Cretaceous Tugulu Group in the Urhe area of the People's Republic of China. It was one of the first members of Alvarezsauria ever discovered.