What is Nanuqsaurus?
{{italictitle}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = [[Late Cretaceous]], {{fossil_range|69.1}} | image = Nanuqsaurus at Perot Museum.jpg | image_caption = Reconstructed skull with cast of the holotype in place, [[Perot Museum]] | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Nanuqsaurus | authority = [[Anthony Fiorillo|Fiorillo]] & Tykoski, [[2014 in paleontology|2014]] | type_species = {{extinct}}'''''Nanuqsaurus hoglundi''''' | type_species_authority = Fiorillo & Tykoski, 2014 }} '''''Nanuqsaurus''''' ('meaning [[polar bear]] lizard') is a [[genus]] of [[theropod]] [[dinosaur]].<ref>Fiorillo A.R & Tykoski R.S. 2014. ''A diminutive new tyrannosaur from the top of the world''. PLOS One. [http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0091287]</ref> It is only known from one specimen, DMNH 21461, a partial [[skull]] roof found in [[Alaska]]. This dinosaur may grown to about 6 m (~20 ft) long, half the size of ''[[Tyrannosaurus]]''. The skull would have been about 50 cm (1.65 ft) when complete. == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Tyrannosaurids]]