Bannykus

Ban-ne-kus.
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Benjamin Gutierrez

Vertebrate Paleontologist

Benjamin Gutierrez is a leading expert on dinosaurs, particularly the mighty theropods. His fieldwork in South America has uncovered new species and provided insights into dinosaur social structures.

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Name

Bannykus ‭(‬half claw‭).

Phonetic

Ban-ne-kus.

Named By

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Theropoda,‭ ‬Alvarezsauroidea.

Diet

Uncertain.

Species

B.‭ ‬wulatensis‭

Size

Unavailable.

Known locations

China,‭ ‬Inner Mongolia‭ ‬-‭ ‬Bayin-Gobi Formation.

Time Period

Albian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Partial post cranial remains.

In Depth

       Bannykus is a genus of alvarezsaurid dinosaur that lived in Asia during the early Cretaceous.‭ ‬The overall lack of fossil remains at the time of‭ ‬its description makes it hard to ascertain details about Bannykus,‭ ‬though the size of the leg bones alone suggest that Bannykus was among the larger known alvarezsaurs.

Further Reading

Further reading -‭ ‬Two early Cretaceous fossils document transitional stages in alvarezsaurian dinosaur evolution.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Current Biology‭ ‬28:2853-2860.‭ ‬-‭ ‬X.‭ ‬Xu,‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Choiniere,‭ ‬Q.-W.‭ ‬Tan,‭ ‬R.‭ ‬B.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Benson,‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Clark,‭ ‬C.‭ ‬Sullivan,‭ ‬Q.‭ ‬Zhao,‭ ‬F.-L.‭ ‬Han,‭ ‬Q.-Y.‭ ‬Ma,‭ ‬Y.-M.‭ ‬He,‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Wang,‭ ‬H.‭ ‬Xing‭ & ‬L.‭ ‬Tan.‭ ‬-‭ ‬2018.

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