Patagonykus

“Patagonian claws”

CLASSIFICATION

Patagonykus  Novas, 1996TYPE SPECIES: P. puertai Novas, 1996

Animalia Vertebrata Tetrapoda Sauropsida Archosauromorpha Ornithodira Dinosauria Sauropodomorpha

see also: Genus Index, Classification

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MEASUREMENTS

LENGTH: 2 m

see also: World Records

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TIME

Turonian

see also: Ages of the Mesozoic

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PLACE

Argentina

see also: Paleo-Maps

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ESSAY

Transitional between basal alvarezsaurids (like Alvarezsaurus) and mononykines (like Mononykus).

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