Alectrosaurus

- Pronunciation: ah-LEK-truh-SAWR-us
- Translation: Unmarried Lizard
- Order: Saurischia
- Suborder: Theropoda
- Infraorder: Tetanurae
- Micro-order: Carnosauria
- Family: Tyrannosauridae
- Height: 7 feet (2.1 meters)
- Weight: less than 1,000 lbs (454 kg)
- Length: 16 feet (4.9 meters)
- Period: Late Cretaceous
- Description: Carnivore, Bipedal
- Notes: A small tyrannosaurid whose teeth were short but very sharp. Itshind legs were slender, as opposed to its thick-thighed relatives. It isknown from fragments found in Mongolia.