Full reference: J. N. Choiniere, X. Xu, J. M. Clark, C. A. Forster, Y. Guo and F. Han. 2010. A basal alvarezsauroid theropod from the early Late Jurassic of Xinjiang, China. Science 327(5965):571-574
Belongs to Haplocheirus according to J. N. Choiniere et al. 2014
See also Averianov et al. 2023, Choiniere et al. 2010, Kubo et al. 2023, Nesbitt et al. 2011 and Novas et al. 2013
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: IVPP V15988, a skull (femur). Its type locality is Wucaiwan area Sino-American expedition - orange mudstone beds, which is in an Oxfordian terrestrial mudstone in the Shishugou Formation of China.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): femur diameter 17.5, humerus diameter 13.0
Distribution: found only at Wucaiwan area Sino-American expedition - orange mudstone beds
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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