Linhenykus monodactylus Xu et al. 2011 (coelurosaur)

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

Belongs to Linhenykus according to X. Xu et al. 2013

See also Agnolin et al. 2012, Averianov et al. 2023, Delcourt and Grillo 2014, Hone et al. 2013, Kubo et al. 2023 and Xu et al. 2011

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVPP V17608, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Nuchidaba, Bayan Mandahu, which is in a Campanian terrestrial sandstone in the Wulansuhai Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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