Shishugounykus
Name:
Shishugounykus
(Shishugou claw).
Phonetic: She-shu-gon-e-kus.
Named By: Z. Qin, J. Clark, J. Choiniere
& X. Xu - 2019.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Theropoda, Alvarezsauroidea.
Species: S. inexpectus
(type).
Diet: Uncertain.
Size: Uncertain but holotype roughly estimated to
have been about 14 centimetres long.
Known locations: China, Kinjiang - Shishugou
Formation.
Time period: Late Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Partial post cranial remains.
Shishugounykus
is a genus of small alvareszaurid
dinosaur that lived in Asia during
the Jurassic.
Further reading
- A new alvarezsaurian
theropod from the Upper Jurassic Shishugou Formation of western China.
- Scientific Reports, 9: 11727. - Z. Qin, J. Clark,
J. Choiniere & X. Xu - 2019.
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