Name: Almas
(wild man - named after a creature in Mongolian Folklore).
Phonetic: Al-mas.
Named By: Rui Pei, Mark A. Norell, Daniel E.
Barta, G. S. Bever, Michael Pittman & Xing Xu -
2017.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Theropoda, Troodontidae.
Species: A. ukhaa (type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Mongolia - Djadochta Formation.
Time period: Campanian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial skull and post
cranial skeleton.
Almas
is a genus of troodontid
dinosaur that lived in Asia during the late
Cretaceous.
Further reading
Osteology of a New Late
Cretaceous Troodontid Specimen from Ukhaa Tolgod, �mn�govi Aimag,
Mongolia. - American Museum Novitates. 3889: 1–47. - Rui
Pei, Mark A. Norell, Daniel E. Barta, G. S. Bever,
Michael Pittman & Xing Xu - 2017.
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