Ulughbegsaurus
oo-LOOG-beg-SORE-us /uːˌluːɡbɛɡˈsɔːrəs/
Accepted genus
Ulugh Beg's lizard
- Ulugh Beg · Chagatai/Persian (personal name) · Timurid ruler and astronomer of the 15th century, centred in Samarkand
- sauros · Greek · lizard
The name honours Ulugh Beg, a 15th-century Timurid ruler and astronomer who is a major historical figure in Uzbekistan, where the fossil was found. It is combined with the Greek "sauros" (lizard). The name therefore means "Ulugh Beg's lizard".
- Year named
- 2021
- Period
- Late Cretaceous
- Stage
- Turonian
- Found in
- Bissekty Formation, Dzharakuduk, Kyzylkum Desert, Uzbekistan
A large carcharodontosaurian theropod, known from a partial maxilla. The type species is Ulughbegsaurus uzbekistanensis. The fossil was originally collected in the 1980s. I have left the naming authors blank because I'm not certain of them.