Ulughbegsaurus

Ulughbegsaurus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
Holotype maxilla fragment
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Carcharodontosauria
Family: Carcharodontosauridae (?)
Genus: Ulughbegsaurus
Tanaka et al., 2021
Type species
Ulughbegsaurus uzbekistanensis
Tanaka et al., 2021

Ulughbegsaurus (meaning "Ulugh Beg's lizard") is an extinct genus of probable carcharodontosaurid theropod dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Bissekty Formation (Turonian age) and Khodzhakul Formation (Cenomanian age) of Uzbekistan. The genus contains a single species, Ulughbegsaurus uzbekistanensis, known from multiple maxilla fragments.