Tag Archive for 'Kyzylkum Desert'

Life reconstruction of Ulughbegsaurus uzbekistanensis and a smaller tyrannosauroid. Image credit: Julius T. Csotonyi.

New Species of Giant Meat-Eating Dinosaur Identified in Uzbekistan

Sep 9, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new genus and species of carcharodontosaurian theropod dinosaur has been identified from a fossillized jawbone found in the Republic of Uzbekistan. Life...

Reconstruction of Timurlengia euotica. Image credit: Todd Marshall.

Timurlengia euotica: New Species of Tyrannosaur Discovered in Uzbekistan

Mar 15, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new dinosaur cousin of T. rex – named Timurlengia euotica — has been found in the Kyzylkum Desert, northern Uzbekistan. A reconstruction of Timurlengia...