Genus
Valid Extinct

Boreonykus

Bell and Currie 2016

Boreonykus is an extinct genus of dromaeosaurid dinosaur, that lived during the Late Cretaceous in the area of present Canada.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Boreonykus
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Life restoration of Boreonykus. © Levi bernardo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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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Maniraptora Unranked clade
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Paraves Unranked clade
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Deinonychosauria Infraorder
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Dromaeosauridae Family
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Eudromaeosauria Unranked clade
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Dromaeosaurinae Subfamily
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Boreonykus Genus
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇦 Canada
2
Geological formations
Wapiti
2
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
2
Species (1)
Boreonykus certekorum 84 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
P. R. Bell and P. J. Currie. 2016. A high-latitude dromaeosaurid, Boreonykus certekorum, gen. et sp. nov. (Theropoda), from the upper Campanian Wapiti Formation, west-central Alberta. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36(1):e1034359:1-9 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
P. R. Bell and P. J. Currie. 2016. A high-latitude dromaeosaurid, Boreonykus certekorum, gen. et sp. nov. (Theropoda), from the upper Campanian Wapiti Formation, west-central Alberta. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36(1):e1034359:1-9 DOI ↗