†Hesperonychus Longrich and Currie 2009 (maniraptoran)
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Reptilia - Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Full reference: N. R. Longrich and P. J. Currie. 2009. A microraptorine (Dinosauria–Dromaeosauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of North America. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Parent taxon: Microraptorinae according to S. E. Jasinski et al. 2020
See also Han et al. 2014, Longrich and Currie 2009 and Pei et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Changyuraptor, Dromaeosauriformipes, Graciliraptor, Microraptor, Shanag, Sinornithosaurus, Zhongjianosaurus
Subtaxa: Hesperonychus elizabethae
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (4: Alberta collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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