Bonapartenykus ultimus

Agnolin et al. 2012

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Temporal range

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Neogene

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

PBDB occurrences

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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Bonapartenykus Genus

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Bonapartenykus ultimus Species

Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇦🇷 Argentina

Geological formations

Allen

Temporal distribution

Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)

Bibliography

Original description

F. L. Agnolin, J. E. Powell, and F. E. Novas, M. Kundrát. 2012. New alvarezsaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from uppermost Cretaceous of north-western Patagonia with associated eggs. Cretaceous Research 35(1):33-56 DOI ↗

Bibliography (2)

J. G. Meso, J. N. Choiniere, and M. A. Baiano, S. L. Brusatte, J. I. Canale, L. Salgado, D. Pol, M. Pittman. 2025. New information on Bonapartenykus (Alvarezsauridae: Theropoda) from the Allen Formation (middle Campanian-lower Maastrichtian) of Río Negro Province, Patagonia, Argentina clarifies the Patagonykinae body plan. PLOS ONE 20(1):e0308366 DOI ↗