Albertonykus borealis Longrich and Currie 2009 (Alberta claw)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Alvarezsauridae

Full reference: N. R. Longrich and P. J. Currie. 2009. Albertonykus borealis, a new alvarezsaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Maastrichtian of Alberta, Canada: implications for the systematics and ecology of the Alvarezsauridae. Cretaceous Research 30(1):239-252

Belongs to Albertonykus according to N. R. Longrich and P. J. Currie 2009

See also Currie and Koppelhus 2015, Kubo et al. 2023, Nesbitt et al. 2011 and Xu et al. 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: TMP 2001.45.91, a limb element (left ulna). Its type locality is Albertosaurus Bonebed, Dry Island Buffalo Jump, which is in a Maastrichtian coarse channel fill sandstone in the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Canada.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Albertosaurus Bonebed, Dry Island Buffalo Jump

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