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Bannykus
Extinct genus of dinosaur / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bannykus is an alvarezsaur from the Early Cretaceous of the Bayin-Gobi Formation of Inner Mongolia, China. It includes one species, Bannykus wulatensis. It is large for an alvarezsaur, with an estimated weight of 24 kg based on femoral circumference.[1]
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Bannykus | |
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Holotype displayed in Japan in 2012 | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Superfamily: | †Alvarezsauroidea |
Genus: | †Bannykus Xu et al., 2018 |
Type species | |
†Bannykus wulatensis Xu et al., 2018 | |
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