Asiamericana

Asiamericana
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Coelurosauria
Genus: Asiamericana
Nesov, 1995
Species:
A. asiatica
Binomial name
Asiamericana asiatica
Nesov, 1995
Synonyms
  • Richardoestesia asiatica? Averianov & Sues, 2013

Asiamericana is a dubious genus of coelurosaur known only from isolated teeth found in the Bissekty Formation of Uzbekhistan. It was named to recognize the occurrence of similar fossil teeth in Central Asia and North America. These regions once formed a connected land mass, during the Cretaceous period.

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