Xiyunykus

Xiyunykus (meaning "western claw"; "xiyu" is Mandarin for "west" and refers to Western China where it was found) is an alvarezsaur from the Early Cretaceous of the Tugulu Group of China. It includes one species, Xiyunykus pengi.

Xiyunykus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
Scaled reconstruction
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Superfamily: Alvarezsauroidea
Genus: Xiyunykus
Xu et al., 2018
Type species
Xiyunykus pengi
Xu et al., 2018
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