Name
Shishugounykus (Shishugou claw).
Phonetic
She-shu-gon-e-kus.
Named By
Z. Qin, J. Clark, J. Choiniere & X. Xu - 2019.
Classification
Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Alvarezsauroidea.
Diet
Uncertain.
Species
S. inexpectus
Size
Uncertain but holotype roughly estimated to have been about 14 centimetres long.
Known locations
China, Kinjiang - Shishugou Formation.
Time Period
Late Jurassic.
Fossil representation
Partial post cranial remains.
Shishugounykus is a genus of small alvareszaurid dinosaur that lived in Asia during the Jurassic.
- A new alvarezsaurian theropod from the Upper Jurassic Shishugou Formation of western China. - Scientific Reports, 9: 11727. - Z. Qin, J. Clark, J. Choiniere & X. Xu - 2019.
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