Haplocheirus
Field photograph to come
Haplocheirus
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- Lived
- 162 to 155 million years ago, Late Jurassic
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Choiniere et al. 2010
Field notes
About Haplocheirus
Haplocheirus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Jurassic, 162 to 155 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Haplocheirus, from China. Its fossils come from the Shishugou Formation. It was named by Choiniere et al. in 2010.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
160 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Alvarezsauroidea.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. N. Choiniere, X. Xu, and J. M. Clark, C. A. Forster, Y. Guo, F. Han. 2010. A basal alvarezsauroid theropod from the early Late Jurassic of Xinjiang, China. Science 327(5965):571-574