Dzharaonyx

Name: Dzharaonyx ‭(‬Dzharakuduk claw‭)‬.
Phonetic: Zar-ah-on-iks.
Named By: Alexander O.Averianov‭ & ‬Hans-Dieter Sues‭ ‬-‭ ‬2022.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Theropoda,‭ ‬Alvarezsauridae,‭ ‬Parvicursorinae.
Species: D.‭ ‬eski‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Insectivore‭?
Size: Uncertain.
Known locations: Uzbekistan‭ ‬-‭ ‬Bissekty Formation.
Time period: Turonian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial post cranial skeleton.

       Dzharaonyx is a genus of alvarezsaurid dinosaur that lived in Asia during the late Cretaceous.

Further reading
-‭ ‬New material and diagnosis of a new taxon of alvarezsaurid‭ (‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Theropoda‭) ‬from the Upper Cretaceous Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.‭ ‬41‭ (‬5‭)‬:‭ ‬e2036174.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Alexander O.Averianov‭ & ‬Hans-Dieter Sues‭ ‬-‭ ‬2022.
-‭ ‬A new alvarezsaurid theropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Gobi Desert,‭ ‬Mongolia.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Cretaceous Research.‭ ‬135‭ ‬-‭ ‬Alexander O.Averianov‭ & ‬Alexey V.Lopatin‭ ‬-‭ ‬2022.

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