Genus
Valid Extinct

Xixianykus

Xu et al. 2010

Xixianykus is a genus of alvarezsaurid theropod dinosaur known from a slab of rock which contains a partial postcranial skeleton unearthed in the Late Cretaceous (Coniacian-Santonian) Majiacun Formation of the Xixia Basin in Henan, China.

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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Alvarezsauridae Family
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Parvicursorinae Subfamily
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Xixianykus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Majiacun
1
Temporal distribution
Coniacian (89.8–85.7 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Xixianykus zhangi 90 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
X. Xu, D.-Y. Wang, and C. Sullivan, D. W. E. Hone, F.-L. Han, R.-H. Yan, F.-M. Du. 2010. A basal parvicursorine (Theropoda: Alvarezsauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of China. Zootaxa 2413:1-19 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
X. Xu, D.-Y. Wang, and C. Sullivan, D. W. E. Hone, F.-L. Han, R.-H. Yan, F.-M. Du. 2010. A basal parvicursorine (Theropoda: Alvarezsauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of China. Zootaxa 2413:1-19 DOI ↗