Xiyunykus
Field photograph to come
Xiyunykus
DV-1042
- Lived
- 137 to 133 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Xu et al. 2018
Field notes
About Xiyunykus
Xiyunykus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 137 to 133 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Xiyunykus, from China. Its fossils come from the Shengjinkou Formation. It was named by Xu et al. in 2018.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
135 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Alvarezsauroidea.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: X. Xu, J. Choiniere, and Q.-W. Tan, R. B. J. Benson, J. Clark, C. Sullivan, Q. Zhao, F.-L. Han, Q.-Y. Ma, Y.-M. He, S. Wang, H. Xing, L. Tan. 2018. Two early Cretaceous fossils document transitional stages in alvarezsaurian dinosaur evolution. Current Biology 28:2853-2860