Reptilia - Theropoda - Alvarezsauridae
Full reference: A. A. Karhu and A. S. Rautian. 1996. A new family of Maniraptora (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 30(5):583-592
Belongs to Parvicursor according to A. O. Averianov and A. V. Lopatin 2021
See also Alifanov and Barsbold 2009, Averianov et al. 2023, Chiappe 2002, Chiappe et al. 2002, Delcourt and Grillo 2014, Karhu and Rautian 1996, Kubo et al. 2023, Kurochkin 2000, Longrich and Currie 2009, Longrich et al. 2010, Padian 2004, Turner et al. 2009, Xu et al. 2013 and Xu et al. 2010
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PIN 4487/25, a set of postcrania. Its type locality is Khulsan (RMPE), which is in a Campanian/Campanian eolian sandstone in the Baruungoyot Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Khulsan (RMPE)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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