Reptilia - Theropoda - Alvarezsauridae

Full reference: S. J. Nesbitt, J. A. Clarke, A. H. Turner and M. A. Norell. 2011. A small alvarezsaurid from the Eastern Gobi Desert offers insight into evolutionary patterns in the Alvarezsauroidea. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(1):144-153

Parent taxon: Parvicursorinae according to K. Kubo et al. 2023

See also Agnolin et al. 2012, Averianov and Lopatin 2021 and Nesbitt et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Ceratonykini, Ceratonykus, Dzharaonyx, Jaculinykus, Khulsanurus, Linhenykus, Mononykini, Mononykus, Ondogurvel, Parvicursor, Shuvuuia, Xixianykus

Subtaxa: Albinykus baatar

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Khugenetjavkhlant (Cretaceous of Mongolia)

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