Dzharaonyx

Zar-ah-on-iks.

By Benjamin Gutierrez

Published on October 29, 2016

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Name

Dzharaonyx ‭(‬Dzharakuduk claw‭)‬.

Phonetic

Zar-ah-on-iks.

Named By

Alexander O.Averianov‭ & ‬Hans-Dieter Sues‭ ‬-‭ ‬2022.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Theropoda,‭ ‬Alvarezsauridae,‭ ‬Parvicursorinae.

Diet

Insectivore‭?

Species

D.‭ ‬eski‭

Size

Uncertain.

Known locations

Uzbekistan‭ ‬-‭ ‬Bissekty Formation.

Time Period

Turonian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Partial post cranial skeleton.

In Depth

Dzharaonyx is a genus of alvarezsaurid dinosaur that lived in Asia during the late Cretaceous.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬New material and diagnosis of a new taxon of alvarezsaurid‭ (‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Theropoda‭) ‬from the Upper Cretaceous Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.‭ ‬41‭ (‬5‭)‬:‭ ‬e2036174.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Alexander O.Averianov‭ & ‬Hans-Dieter Sues‭ ‬-‭ ‬2022. -‭ ‬A new alvarezsaurid theropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Gobi Desert,‭ ‬Mongolia.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Cretaceous Research.‭ ‬135‭ ‬-‭ ‬Alexander O.Averianov‭ & ‬Alexey V.Lopatin‭ ‬-‭ ‬2022.

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