Boreonykus Bell and Currie 2016 (maniraptoran)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae

Full reference: P. R. Bell and P. J. Currie. 2016. A high-latitude dromaeosaurid, Boreonykus certekorum, gen. et sp. nov. (Theropoda), from the upper Campanian Wapiti Formation, west-central Alberta. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36(1):e1034359:1-9

Parent taxon: Dromaeosaurinae according to S. E. Jasinski et al. 2020

See also Bell and Currie 2016

Sister taxa: Dakotaraptor, Dromaeosaurus, Itemirus, Yurgovuchia, Zapsalis

Subtaxa: Boreonykus certekorum

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Pipestone Creek Bonebed (RTMP) (Cretaceous of Alberta)

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