Shishugounykus
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Shishugounykus
DV-1081 · type species Shishugounykus inexpectus
- Lived
- 162 to 155 million years ago, Late Jurassic
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Qin et al. 2019
Field notes
About Shishugounykus
Shishugounykus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Jurassic, 162 to 155 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Shishugounykus, from China. Its fossils come from the Shishugou Formation. It was named by Qin et al. in 2019.
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 Alvarezsauria.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: Z. Qin, J. Clark, and J. Choiniere, X. Xu. 2019. A new alvarezsaurian theropod from the Upper Jurassic Shishugou formation of western China. Scientific Reports 9:11727:1-14