Outline: a typical theropod
Alnashetri
- Lived
- 113 to 110 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Alvarezsauridae
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Makovicky et al. 2012
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Today
110 million years ago
Field notes
About Alnashetri
What it was like
Alnashetri was a small, slender alvarezsaur, a member of a family of bird-like dinosaurs that later evolved very short arms with a single big claw. It is known mainly from its hind legs, which were long and thin, suited for running.
Its world
It lived about 113 to 110 million years ago, in the Early Cretaceous, in what is now Argentina. Its bones come from the Candeleros Formation, where it lived alongside the small hunter Buitreraptor, the armored Jakapil and the giant predator Giganotosaurus.
How it was found
Makovicky and colleagues named it in 2012. Its name comes from a local language and refers to its slender legs.
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations
Close relatives
Other members of Alvarezsauridae
Sources: WikidataNamed in: P. J. Makovicky, S. Apesteguia, and F. A. Gianechini. 2012. A new coelurosaurian theropod from the La Buitrera fossil locality of Río Negro, Argentina. Fieldiana: Life and Earth Sciences 5:90-98