Boreonykus
Name:
Boreonykus
(Northern claw).
Phonetic: Bor-e-on-e-kus.
Named By: P. R. Bell & P. J.
Currie - 2015.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Theropoda, Dromaeosauridae, Velociraptorinae.
Species: B. certekorum
(type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Uncertain due to lack of fossil remains.
Known locations: Canada, Alberta - Wapiti
Formation.
Time period: Campanian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Boreonykus is a genus of dromaeosaurid dinosaur that lived in Canada during the late Cretaceous.
Further reading
- A high-latitude dromaeosaurid, Boreonykus certekorum,
gen. et
sp. nov. (Theropoda), from the upper Campanian Wapiti
Formation, west-central Alberta. - Journal of Vertebrate
Paleontology e1034359. - P. R. Bell & P. J.
Currie - 2015.
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