†Xixianykus zhangi Xu et al. 2010 (coelurosaur)
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Reptilia - Theropoda - Alvarezsauridae
Full reference: X. Xu, D.-Y. Wang, C. Sullivan, D. W. E. Hone, F.-L. Han, R.-H. Yan, and F.-M. Du. 2010. A basal parvicursorine (Theropoda: Alvarezsauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of China. Zootaxa 2413:1-19
Belongs to Xixianykus according to X. Xu et al. 2010
See also Agnolin et al. 2012, Averianov et al. 2023 and Delcourt and Grillo 2014
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: XMDFEC V0011, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Zhoujiagou, Yangcheng, which is in a Coniacian/Santonian terrestrial horizon in the Majiacun Formation of China.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Zhoujiagou, Yangcheng
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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