Alectrosaurus

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, either from Ancient Greek ἀλέκτωρ (aléktōr, “cock, rooster”) or ἄλεκτρος (álektros, “unwedded", possibly "alone”) + -saurus.

Proper noun

†Alectrosaurus m

A taxonomic genus within the suborder Theropoda – a theropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Mongolia.

Hypernyms

(order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Eureptilia, Romeriida – clades; Diapsida – subclass; Archosauromorpha – infraclass; Archosauria – division; Ornithodira – subsection; Dinosauria – superorder; Saurischia – order

References

Alectrosaurus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Tyrannosauroidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Alectrosaurus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Alectrosaurus at Paleobiology Database

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