Qiupanykus
Qiupanykus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Family: | †Alvarezsauridae |
Subfamily: | † Parvicursorinae
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Genus: | †Qiupanykus Lü et al, 2018 |
Species: | †Q. zhangi
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Binomial name | |
†Qiupanykus zhangi Lü et al., 2018
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Qiupanykus (meaning "Qiupa claw" after the Qiupa Formation) is a genus of
alvarezsaurid coelurosaur theropod from the Late Cretaceous Qiupa Formation of southern China.[1]
Fossil eggs believed to be those of an oviraptorid found in association with the holotype specimen indicate that both Qiupanykus and other alvarezsaurids may have been specialist egg eaters that used their robust thumb claws to crack open eggshells.[1]
Phylogeny
Parvicursorinae in the description, this position would make it a member of Parvicursorinae sensu Xu et al. (2013).[2]
References
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- ^ Xu, X.; Upchurch, P.; Ma, Q.; Pittman, M.; Choiniere, J.; Sullivan, C.; Hone, D.W.E.; Tan, Q.; Tan, L.; Xiao, D.; Han, F. (2013). "Osteology of the Late Cretaceous alvarezsauroid Linhenykus monodactylus from China and comments on alvarezsauroid biogeography". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 58 (1): 25–46.