What is Alectrosaurus?
{{italic title}} {{speciesbox | fossil_range = [[Late Cretaceous]], {{fossilrange|83|74}} | image = File:Alectrosaurus.png | image_caption = ''Alectrosaurus'' size comparison | display_parents = 2 | genus = Alectrosaurus | parent_authority = [[Charles W. Gilmore|Gilmore]], [[1933 in paleontology|1933]] | species = olseni | authority = Gilmore, 1933 }} '''''Alectrosaurus''''' is a [[theropod]] [[dinosaur]] related to ''[[Tyrannosaurus]]'', ''[[Alioramus]]'' and ''[[Tarbosaurus]]''. It lived in [[Mongolia]] and [[China]] in the [[Late Cretaceous]] period, about 90-70 million years ago.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alectrosaurus {{!}} Natural History Museum|url=https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/dino-directory/alectrosaurus.html|access-date=2022-06-30|website=www.nhm.ac.uk|language=en}}</ref> ''Alectrosaurus'' as a genus existed for about 9 million years. == References == {{reflist}} {{authority control}} {{taxonbar|from=Q131625}} [[Category:Cretaceous dinosaurs]] [[Category:Theropods]] {{biology-stub}}