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Nanuqsaurus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 69.1 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Family: Tyrannosauridae
Subfamily: Tyrannosaurinae
Genus: Nanuqsaurus
Fiorillo & Tykoski, 2014
Type species
Nanuqsaurus hoglundi
Fiorillo & Tykoski, 2014

Nanuqsaurus (meaning "polar bear lizard") is an extinct genus of carnivorous tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous (early Late Maastrichtian stage) Prince Creek Formation on the North Slope of Alaska. Nanuqsaurus was first described named by Anthony R. Fiorillo and Ronald S. Tykoski in 2014 and the type species is Nanuqsaurus hoglundi.[1]

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