Albinykus baatar Nesbitt et al. 2011 (coelurosaur)

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

Belongs to Albinykus according to S. J. Nesbitt et al. 2011

See also Agnolin et al. 2012, Averianov et al. 2023 and Kubo et al. 2023

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IGM 100/3004, a set of limb elements. Its type locality is Khugenetjavkhlant, which is in a Santonian/Campanian alluvial fan sandstone in the Javkhlant Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Khugenetjavkhlant

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