Qiupanykus
Field photograph to come
Qiupanykus
DV-1035 · type species Qiupanykus zhangi
- Lived
- 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Lü et al. 2018
Field notes
About Qiupanykus
Qiupanykus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Qiupanykus, from China. Its fossils come from the Qiupa Formation. It was named by Lü et al. in 2018.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
70 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Alvarezsauroidea.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J.-C. Lü, L. Xu, and H.-L. Chang, S.-H. Jia, J. M. Zhang, D.-S. Gao, Y.-Y. Zhang, C.-J. Zhang, F. Ding. 2018. A new alvarezsaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Qiupa Formation of Luanchuan, Henan Province, central China. China Geology 1:28-35