Qiupanykus
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Qiupanykus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Family: | †Alvarezsauridae |
Subfamily: | †Parvicursorinae |
Genus: | †Qiupanykus Lü et al, 2018 |
Species: | †Q. zhangi |
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]