Jaculinykus
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Jaculinykus
DV-1210 · type species Jaculinykus yaruui
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Alvarezsauridae
- Found in
- Mongolia
- Named by
- Kubo et al. 2023
Field notes
About Jaculinykus
Jaculinykus 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 Jaculinykus, from Mongolia. Its fossils come from the Baruungoyot Formation. It was named by Kubo et al. in 2023.
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: K. Kubo, Y. Kobayashi, and T. Chinzorig, K. Tsogtbaatar. 2023. A new alvarezsaurid dinosaur (Theropoda, Alvarezsauria) from the Upper Cretaceous Baruungoyot Formation of Mongolia provides insights for bird-like sleeping behavior in nonavian dinosaurs. PLoS ONE 18(11):e0293801:1-38