Ceratonykus
Field photograph to come
Ceratonykus
DV-0682
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Alvarezsauridae
- Found in
- Mongolia
- Named by
- Alifanov and Barsbold 2009
Field notes
About Ceratonykus
Ceratonykus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Alvarezsauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Ceratonykus, from Mongolia. Its fossils come from the Baruungoyot Formation. It was named by Alifanov and Barsbold in 2009.
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: V. R. Alifanov and R. Barsbold. 2009. Ceratonykus oculatus gen. et sp. nov., a new dinosaur (? Theropoda, Alvarezsauria) from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 43(1):94-106