Dinosaur
Timurlengia
Timurlengia’s most revealing bone protected something rarely seen as a fossil: the brain.
Timurlengia’s most revealing bone protected something rarely seen as a fossil: the brain. This tyrannosauroid was much smaller than the giant predators at the end of the Cretaceous. Its braincase is particularly informative, preserving clues about the animal’s senses.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Timurlengia at a glance
- Diet
- Carnivore
- It fed on other animals.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Tyrannosauroidea
- Tyrannosauroids
- Fossil locations
- Uzbekistan
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Timurlengia
The fossils come from Uzbekistan’s Kyzylkum Desert. Isolated bones are known rather than a complete, connected skeleton, so its overall appearance requires reconstruction.
Studying the spaces inside its skull helps researchers investigate hearing and other senses. Timurlengia suggests that some adaptations of large tyrannosaurids appeared before their relatives reached gigantic sizes.
Studying the spaces inside its skull helps researchers investigate hearing and other senses. Timurlengia suggests that some adaptations of large tyrannosaurids appeared before their relatives reached gigantic sizes.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.A note on the science
Studying the spaces inside its skull helps researchers investigate hearing and other senses. Timurlengia suggests that some adaptations of large tyrannosaurids appeared before their relatives reached gigantic sizes.
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