Itemirus

(Animal) from Itemir

• Itemir · Place name (Uzbekistan) · the Itemir locality in the Kyzylkum Desert
• -us · Latin · Latinised genus ending

Itemirus is named after Itemir, a fossil locality in the Kyzylkum Desert of Uzbekistan where the type specimen, a braincase, was found. The ending -us is the standard Latinised genus suffix. The only named species is Itemirus medullaris.

Named by

Kurzanov

Year named

1976

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Turonian

Found in

Bissekty Formation, Kyzylkum Desert, Uzbekistan

A theropod known from very incomplete remains, mainly a braincase. Its exact relationships are uncertain. It has been considered a possible tyrannosauroid or other coelurosaur. The formation and stage are given with moderate confidence.