Qiupanykus Lü et al. 2018 (coelurosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda

Full reference: J.-C. Lü, L. Xu, H.-L. Chang, S.-H. Jia, J. M. Zhang, D.-S. Gao, Y.-Y. Zhang, C.-J. Zhang, and F. Ding. 2018. A new alvarezsaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Qiupa Formation of Luanchuan, Henan Province, central China. China Geology 1:28-35

Parent taxon: Alvarezsauroidea according to K. Kubo et al. 2023

See also Averianov and Lopatin 2021 and Lü et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Alvarezsauridae, Bannykus, Bonapartenykus, Haplocheirus, Nemegtonykus, Patagonykinae, Patagonykus, Tugulusaurus, Xiyunykus

Subtaxa: Qiupanykus zhangi

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Type: Qiupanykus zhangi

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Guanping, Qiupa Town (Cretaceous of China)

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