Genus
Valid Extinct

Bannykus

Xu et al. 2018

Bannykus is an extinct monotypic genus of alvarezsauroid from the Early Cretaceous Bayin-Gobi Formation of Inner Mongolia, China. It includes one species, Bannykus wulatensis.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Bannykus
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Squelette partiel de Wulatesaurus. © ★Kumiko★ from Tokyo, Japan · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia
Bannykus
Bannykus
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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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Bannykus Genus
Measurements
Length
2,2 m ⓘ
Bannykus wulatensis
Mass
17 kg ⓘ
Bannykus wulatensis
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Bayangobi
1
Temporal distribution
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Bannykus wulatensis 121 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
X. Xu, J. Choiniere, and Q.-W. Tan, R. B. J. Benson, J. Clark, C. Sullivan, Q. Zhao, F.-L. Han, Q.-Y. Ma, Y.-M. He, S. Wang, H. Xing, L. Tan. 2018. Two early Cretaceous fossils document transitional stages in alvarezsaurian dinosaur evolution. Current Biology 28:2853-2860 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
X. Xu, J. Choiniere, and Q.-W. Tan, R. B. J. Benson, J. Clark, C. Sullivan, Q. Zhao, F.-L. Han, Q.-Y. Ma, Y.-M. He, S. Wang, H. Xing, L. Tan. 2018. Two early Cretaceous fossils document transitional stages in alvarezsaurian dinosaur evolution. Current Biology 28:2853-2860 DOI ↗