Reptilia - Theropoda - 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
Belongs to Ceratonykus according to V. R. Alifanov and R. Barsbold 2009
See also Agnolin et al. 2012, Averianov et al. 2023 and Kubo et al. 2023
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MPC no. 100/24, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Khermin Tsav, Red Beds [RMPE], which is in a Campanian/Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Baruungoyot Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Khermin Tsav, Red Beds [RMPE]
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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