Xixianykus
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Xixianykus
DV-0762 · type species Xixianykus zhangi
- Lived
- 90 to 84 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Alvarezsauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Xu et al. 2010
Field notes
About Xixianykus
Xixianykus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 90 to 84 million years ago. It belongs to the family Alvarezsauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Xixianykus, from China. Its fossils come from the Majiacun Formation. It was named by Xu et al. in 2010.
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: X. Xu, D.-Y. Wang, and C. Sullivan, D. W. E. Hone, F.-L. Han, R.-H. Yan, F.-M. Du. 2010. A basal parvicursorine (Theropoda: Alvarezsauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of China. Zootaxa 2413:1-19