Qiupanykus zhangi Lü et al. 2018 (coelurosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda

Full reference: J.-C. Lü, L. Xu, H.-L. Chang, S.-H. Jia, J. M. Zhang, D.-S. Gao, Y.-Y. Zhang, C.-J. Zhang, and F. Ding. 2018. A new alvarezsaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Qiupa Formation of Luanchuan, Henan Province, central China. China Geology 1:28-35

Belongs to Qiupanykus according to J.-C. Lü et al. 2018

See also Averianov et al. 2023

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: 41HIII-0101, a set of postcrania (Incomplete skeleton comprising most posterior axial elements and most of hindlimb elements). Its type locality is Guanping, Qiupa Town, which is in a Maastrichtian fluvial-lacustrine siltstone/mudstone in the Qiupa Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Guanping, Qiupa Town

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