Jaculinykus yaruui Kubo et al. 2023 (coelurosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Alvarezsauridae

Full reference: K. Kubo, Y. Kobayashi, T. Chinzorig and K. Tsogtbaatar. 2023. A new alvarezsaurid dinosaur (Theropoda, Alvarezsauria) from the Upper Cretaceous Baruungoyot Formation of Mongolia provides insights for bird-like sleeping behavior in nonavian dinosaurs. PLoS ONE 18(11):e0293801:1-38

Belongs to Jaculinykus according to K. Kubo et al. 2023

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MPC-D 100/209, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Red Walls, Nemegt, which is in a Campanian/Campanian eolian sandstone in the Baruungoyot Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Red Walls, Nemegt

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