Halszkaraptor escuilliei Cau et al. 2017 (maniraptoran)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae

Full reference: A. Cau, V. Beyrand, D. F. A. E. Voeten, V. Fernandez, P. Tafforeau, K. Stein, R. Barsbold, K. Tsogtbaatar, P. J. Currie and P. Godefroit. 2017. Synchrotron scanning reveals amphibious ecomorphology in a new clade of bird-like dinosaurs. Nature

Belongs to Halszkaraptor according to A. Cau et al. 2017

See also Averianov and Lopatin 2021, Cau and Madzia 2018 and Davis et al. 2023

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MPC D-102/109, a skeleton. Its type locality is Ukhaa Tolgod (general), which is in a Campanian eolian sandstone/mudstone in the Djadokhta Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ukhaa Tolgod (general)

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