Biology:Shishugounykus
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Short description: Extinct genus of maniraptoran dinosaurs
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Superfamily: | †Alvarezsauroidea |
| Genus: | †Shishugounykus Qin et al., 2019 |
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| †Shishugounykus inexpectus Qin et al., 2019
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Shishugounykus (meaning "Shishugou claw" after the Shishugou Formation where it was found) is a genus of basal alvarezsaurian dinosaur from the Shishugou Formation from Xinjiang in China . The type and only species is Shishugounykus inexpectus. The specific name refers to the unexpected discovery of another species of alvarezsaur from the Shishugou Formation (other alvarezsaurs from this formation include Haplocheirus and possibly Aorun).[1] Its affinities to alvarezsaurs has subsequently been questioned.[2]
References
- ↑ Qin, Zichuan; Clark, James; Choiniere, Jonah; Xu, Xing (2019). "A new alvarezsaurian theropod from the Upper Jurassic Shishugou Formation of western China". Scientific Reports 9 (1): 11727. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-48148-7.
- ↑ Agnolín, Federico L.; Lu, Jun-Chang; Kundrát, Martin; Xu, Li (2022-03-04). "Alvarezsaurid osteology: new data on cranial anatomy". Historical Biology 34 (3): 443–452. doi:10.1080/08912963.2021.1929203. ISSN 0891-2963. https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2021.1929203.
Wikidata ☰ Q66438387 entry
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