Reptilia - Theropoda - Alvarezsauridae
Full reference: X. Xu, C. Sullivan, M. Pittman, J. N. Choiniere, D. Hone, P. Upchurch, Q. Tan, D. Xiao, L. Tan and F. Han. 2011. A monodactyl nonavian dinosaur and the complex evolution of the alvarezsauroid hand. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108(6):2338-2342
Parent taxon: Parvicursorinae according to K. Kubo et al. 2023
See also Agnolin et al. 2012, Averianov and Lopatin 2021, Hone et al. 2013, Xu et al. 2011 and Xu et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Albinykus, Ceratonykini, Ceratonykus, Dzharaonyx, Jaculinykus, Khulsanurus, Mononykini, Mononykus, Ondogurvel, Parvicursor, Shuvuuia, Xixianykus
Subtaxa: Linhenykus monodactylus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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