Patagonykus Novas 1994 (coelurosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda

Full reference: F. E. Novas. 1994. Patagonykus puertai n. gen. et sp., and the phylogenetic relationships of the Alvarezsauridae (Theropoda, Maniraptora). VI Congreso Argentino de Paleontología y Bioestratigrafía, R. Cúneo (ed), Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio, Trelew Abstracts

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

See also Agnolin et al. 2012, Candeiro and Harris 2012, Chiappe 1996, Chiappe 2002, Chiappe et al. 1996, Chiappe et al. 1998, Chiappe et al. 2002, Choiniere et al. 2010, Delcourt and Grillo 2014, Longrich and Currie 2009, Martinelli and Vera 2007, Martínez and Novas 2006, Nesbitt et al. 2011, Norell and Makovicky 1999, Novas 1994, Novas 1996, Novas 1997, Novas et al. 2013, Novas et al. 2006, Padian 2004, Porfiri et al. 2011, Salgado et al. 2009, Turner et al. 2009 and Xu et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Alvarezsauridae, Bannykus, Bonapartenykus, Haplocheirus, Nemegtonykus, Patagonykinae, Qiupanykus, Tugulusaurus, Xiyunykus

Subtaxa: Patagonykus puertai

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Patagonykus type, Sierra del Portezuelo [MCF] (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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