Machairasaurus leptonychus Longrich et al. 2010 (maniraptoran)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Oviraptoridae

Full reference: N. R. Longrich, P. J. Currie, and Z.-M. Dong. 2010. A new oviraptorid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Bayan Mandahu, Inner Mongolia. Palaeontology 53(5):945-960

Belongs to Machairasaurus according to N. R. Longrich et al. 2010

See also Fanti et al. 2012, Funston 2020, Lamanna et al. 2014, Norell et al. 2018 and Yun 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVPP V15979, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is SCDP, Bayan Mandahu [non-specific locality data], which is in a Campanian dune sandstone in the Bayan Mandahu Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: found only at SCDP, Bayan Mandahu [non-specific locality data]

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