Reptilia - Saurischia - Alvarezsauridae

Full reference: V. R. Alifanov and R. Barsbold. 2009. Ceratonykus oculatus gen. et sp. nov., a new dinosaur (? Theropoda, Alvarezsauria) from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 43(1):94-106

Parent taxon: Parvicursorinae according to K. Kubo et al. 2023

See also Agnolin et al. 2012, Alifanov and Barsbold 2009 and Averianov and Lopatin 2021

Sister taxa: Albinykus, Ceratonykini, Dzharaonyx, Jaculinykus, Khulsanurus, Linhenykus, Mononykini, Mononykus, Ondogurvel, Parvicursor, Shuvuuia, Xixianykus

Subtaxa: Ceratonykus oculatus

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Khermin Tsav, Red Beds [RMPE] (Cretaceous of Mongolia)

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