Itemirus was a carnivore. It lived in the Cretaceous period and inhabited Asia. Its fossils have been found in places such as Navoiy Region (Uzbekistan).
Quick facts about Itemirus:
- Existed from Turonian Age to Coniacian Age
- Lived in a terrestrial habitat
- Was a carnivore
- Reproduced by laying eggs
- 6 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Itemirus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- A. N. Riabinin. 1931. Ostatki dinozavrov iz verkhnego mela nizov'ev r. Amu-Dar'i [On the dinosaurian remains from the Upper Cretaceous of the lower parts of the Amu-Daria River]. Zapiski Rossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 60(1):114-118
- H.-D. Sues and A. Averianov. 2014. Dromaeosauridae (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Bissekty Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Turonian) of Uzbekistan and the phylogenetic position of Itemirus medullaris Kurzanov, 1976. Cretaceous Research 51:225-240
- L. A. Nessov. 1981. Amfibii i reptilii v ekosistemakh Mela sredney Azii [Amphibia and reptiles in Cretaceous ecosystems of central Asia]. In I. V. Darevsky (ed.), The Problems of Herpetology. Fifth Herpetological Conference. Abstracts
