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Alvarezsaurus
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Alvarezsaurus may have been feathered.
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- Pronounced
- al-var-rez-SORE-us
- Meaning of name
- Alvarez's lizard
- Length
- 2m
- Diet
- carnivorous
- When it lived
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Late Cretaceous
(89 - 85 million years ago) - Found in
- Argentina
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Neotherapoda, Tetanurae, Avetherapoda, Coelurosauria, Tyrannoraptora, Maniraptoriformes, Maniraptora, Alvarezsauridae, Alvarezsaurus
- Named by
- Bonaparte (1991)
- Type species
- calvoi