简介:AnalvarezsauriddinosaurskeletonwasdiscoveredfromtheLateCretaceousQiupaFormationofLuanchuan,HenanProvinceofeenttralChina.ItrepresentsanewalvarezsauriddinosaurQiupanykuszhangigen.etsp.nov.AphylogeneticanalysisrecoversQiupanykusnestedwithintheunresolvedclade,whichincludesAsianandnorthAmericantaxa.Theskeletonofthenewspecimenispreservedinassociationwitheggshells.Theeggshellmorphologiesshowthattheseeggsbelongtooviraptorideggs,skeletalremainsofwhichwerediscoveredfromthesamearea.Thealvarezsauridskeletonassociatedwitheggshellfragmentsmayindicatethattheseeggswerebrokenbythestrongthumb-clawsoftheformerandthatalvarezsauriddinosaursmaybeegg-eaters.