Full reference: Z. Dong. 1973. [Dinosaurs from Wuerho]. Reports of Paleontological Expedition to Sinkiang (II): Pterosaurian Fauna from Wuerho, Sinkiang. Memoirs of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Academia Sinica 11:45-52
Parent taxon: Alvarezsauroidea according to K. Kubo et al. 2023
See also Carroll 1988, Choiniere et al. 2010, Dong 1973, Dong 1992, Holtz et al. 2004, Rauhut et al. 2010, Rauhut and Xu 2005, Ruiz-OmeƱaca and Canudo 2003 and Yates 2005
Sister taxa: Alvarezsauridae, Bannykus, Bonapartenykus, Haplocheirus, Nemegtonykus, Patagonykinae, Patagonykus, Qiupanykus, Xiyunykus
Subtaxa: Tugulusaurus faciles
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Wuerho, IVPP site 64041 (Cretaceous of China)
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