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

  • 标签: VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY Alvarezsaurid DINOSAUR Qiupanykus Late