Albinykus
Field photograph to come
Albinykus
DV-0769
- Lived
- 86 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Alvarezsauridae
- Found in
- Mongolia
- Named by
- Nesbitt et al. 2011
Field notes
About Albinykus
Albinykus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 86 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Alvarezsauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Albinykus, from Mongolia. Its fossils come from the Javkhlant Formation. It was named by Nesbitt et al. in 2011.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Alvarezsauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: S. J. Nesbitt, J. A. Clarke, and A. H. Turner, M. A. Norell. 2011. A small alvarezsaurid from the Eastern Gobi Desert offers insight into evolutionary patterns in the Alvarezsauroidea. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(1):144-153