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Jaculinykus
Genus of alvarezsaurid dinosaurs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jaculinykus (meaning "Jaculus claw") is an extinct genus of alvarezsaurid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Baruungoyot Formation of Mongolia. The genus contains a single species, J. yaruui, known from a nearly complete articulated skeleton including bones of the skull. Jaculinykus is notable for its unique hand, which has a hypertrophied first digit and greatly reduced second digit, which is intermediate between the tridactyl hand of Shuvuuia and monodactyl hand of Linhenykus.[1]
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Jaculinykus | |
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Holotype specimen and skeletal reconstruction | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Family: | †Alvarezsauridae |
Subfamily: | †Parvicursorinae |
Genus: | †Jaculinykus |
Species: | †J. yaruui |
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†Jaculinykus yaruui Kubo et al., 2023 | |
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