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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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