Bonapartenykus
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Scientific classification ![]() |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Order: | Saurischia |
Suborder: | Theropoda |
Family: | †Alvarezsauridae |
Subfamily: | †Patagonykinae |
Genus: | †Bonapartenykus Agnolin et al., 2012 |
Species: |
† B. ultimus
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Binomial name | |
Bonapartenykus ultimus Agnolin et al., 2012
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Bonapartenykus (named in honor of José Bonaparte)[2] is a genus of alvarezsaurid theropod dinosaurs known from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian/Maastrichtian stage) of northwestern Patagonia, Argentina. The type species is B. ultimus.[3] An adult female of B. ultimus has been discovered with two eggs that may have still been inside its oviducts,[1][2] although some evidence suggests that the eggs may have been incubated in a nest.[4] The size of the adult female has been estimated as at least 8.5 feet (2.6 m),[2] and the weight of Bonapartenykus has been estimated as 100 pounds (45 kg).[1] Its diet probably consisted of insects.[1] Paleontologist Fernando Novas compared its bones to those of the nandu, a modern-day Patagonian flightless bird.[5]
The eggs of Bonapartenykus were considered unique enough for them to be designated to a new oofamily, the Arriagadoolithidae, so named for the owner of the site where the discovery was made.[3][4]
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