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Name | Alectrosaurus |
Length | 5 m long |
Weight | 0.7-1 ton |
Age | Late Cretaceous |
Distribution | China, Mongolia |
Diet | Carnivorous |
Alectrosaurus, which means "unmarried lizard" was named by the
palaeontologist Charles W.Gilmore in 1933.
Alectrosaurus was a
meat-eater dinosaur living in Mongolia and China during the Cretaceous period.
It was one of the oldest known tyranosaurs.