Dzharaonyx
Field photograph to come
Dzharaonyx
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- Lived
- 94 to 90 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Alvarezsauridae
- Found in
- Uzbekistan
- Named by
- Averianov and Sues 2022
Field notes
About Dzharaonyx
Dzharaonyx was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 94 to 90 million years ago. It belongs to the family Alvarezsauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Dzharaonyx, from Uzbekistan. Its fossils come from the Bissekty Formation. It was named by Averianov and Sues in 2022.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
90 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Alvarezsauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: A. O. Averianov and H.-D. Sues. 2022. New material and diagnosis of a new taxon of alvarezsaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 41(5):e2036174