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Dinosaur: Boreonykus certekorum
| Length*: | 1.65 m | 5.4 ft |
| Weight*: | 13.5 kg | 30 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Late Campanian
Years: 83.6–72.1 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Bell & Currie
Year: 2015
Distribution
Area: North America
Country: Canada
Region: Alberta
Formation: Wapiti
Locations
Sources
Material: Incomplete frontal. Referred pedal ungual II-3 ?, manual ungual II-3 ?, caudal vertebra ?, tooth crowns ?
References: Bell, P. R., & Currie, P. J. (2015). A high-latitude dromaeosaurid,Boreonykus certekorum, gen. et sp. nov. (Theropoda), from the upper Campanian Wapiti Formation, west-central Alberta.
