Genus
Valid Extinct

Shishugounykus

Qin et al. 2019

Shishugounykus is a genus of basal alvarezsaurian dinosaur from the Shishugou Formation of Xinjiang, China. The type and only species is Shishugounykus inexpectus. The specific name refers to the unexpected discovery of another species of alvarezsaur from the Shishugou Formation. Its affinities to alvarezsaurs have subsequently been questioned.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Shishugounykus
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Skeletal reconsturion of alvarezsaurian dinosaur Shishugounykus inexpectus. Scale bar, 200 mm. © Aijuan Shi · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
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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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Shishugounykus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Shishugou
1
Temporal distribution
Oxfordian (161.5–154.8 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Shishugounykus inexpectus 162 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
Z. Qin, J. Clark, and J. Choiniere, X. Xu. 2019. A new alvarezsaurian theropod from the Upper Jurassic Shishugou formation of western China. Scientific Reports 9:11727:1-14 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
Z. Qin, J. Clark, and J. Choiniere, X. Xu. 2019. A new alvarezsaurian theropod from the Upper Jurassic Shishugou formation of western China. Scientific Reports 9:11727:1-14 DOI ↗