Qiupanykus
| Qiupanykus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Family: | †Alvarezsauridae |
| Genus: | †Qiupanykus Lü et al, 2018 |
| Species: | †Q. zhangi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Qiupanykus zhangi Lü et al., 2018
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Qiupanykus is a genus of alvarezsaurid coelurosaur theropod from the Late Cretaceous Qiupa Formation of southern China.[1]
Fossil eggs believed to be those of an oviraptorid found in association with the holotype specimen indicate that both Qiupanykus may have been specialist egg eaters that used their robust thumb claws to crack open eggshells.[1]
Phylogeny
Lü et al. (2018) recover Qiupanykus as a member of the Alvarezsauridae,[1] (clade Parvicursorinae sensu Xu et al. 2013).[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b c Lü, JC; Xu, L; Chang, HL; Jia, SH; Zhang, JM; Gao, DS; Zhang, YY; Zhang, CJ; Ding, F (2018). "A new alvarezsaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Qiupa Formation of Luanchuan, Henan Province, central China". China Geology. 1: 28–35. doi:10.31035/cg2018005.