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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