Name
Nemegtonykus (Nemegt claw).
Phonetic
Nem-egt-on-e-kus.
Named By
Sungjin Lee, Jin-Young Park, Yuong-Nam Lee, Su-Hwan Kim, Junchang L�, Rinchen Barsbold & Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar - 2019.
Classification
Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Alvarezsauridae, Parvicursorinae.
Diet
Insectivore?
Species
N. citus
Size
About 1 meter long.
Known locations
Mongolia - Nemegt Formation.
Time Period
Campanian/Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation
Partial remains.
Nemegtonykus is a genus of alvarezsaurid dinosaur that lived in Asia during the late Cretaceous.
- A new alvarezsaurid dinosaur from the Nemegt Formation of Mongolia”. Scientific Reports. 9 (1). - Sungjin Lee, Jin-Young Park, Yuong-Nam Lee, Su-Hwan Kim, Junchang L�, Rinchen Barsbold & Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar - 2019.
