Genus
Valid Extinct

Qiupanykus

Lü et al. 2018

Qiupanykus is an extinct genus of alvarezsaurid theropod from the Late Cretaceous Qiupa Formation of Henan Province, China. The type and only species is Q. zhangi, named for Shuancheng Zhang, who assisted in finding the fossils of Qiupanykus.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Tetanurae Unranked clade
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Coelurosauria Unranked clade
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Alvarezsauria Infraorder
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Alvarezsauroidea Unranked clade
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Qiupanykus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Qiupa
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Qiupanykus zhangi 72 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
J.-C. Lü, L. Xu, and H.-L. Chang, S.-H. Jia, J. M. Zhang, D.-S. Gao, Y.-Y. Zhang, C.-J. Zhang, F. Ding. 2018. A new alvarezsaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Qiupa Formation of Luanchuan, Henan Province, central China. China Geology 1:28-35 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
J.-C. Lü, L. Xu, and H.-L. Chang, S.-H. Jia, J. M. Zhang, D.-S. Gao, Y.-Y. Zhang, C.-J. Zhang, F. Ding. 2018. A new alvarezsaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Qiupa Formation of Luanchuan, Henan Province, central China. China Geology 1:28-35 DOI ↗