Alvarezsauridae Alvarezsauroidea Asia Averostra Avetheropoda Ceratonykini Coelurosauria Dinosauria Eusaurischia Late Cretaceous Maniraptora Maniraptoriformes Neotheropoda Orionides Parvicursorinae Saurischia Tetanurae Theropoda Tyrannoraptora

Ceratonykus oculatus

Dinosaur: Ceratonykus oculatus

Cretaceous: 72.1–66 Ma

Type: Theropod

*Length:**	75 cm	2.5 ft
*Weight:**	0.75 kg	2 lb

ESR: 2.5 / 4 (estimated size reliability)
*The largest known specimen

Area: Asia

Period

Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Earliest Maastrichtian
Years: 72.1–66 Ma

Details

Status: valid
Author: Alifanov & Barsbold
Year: 2009

Distribution

Area: Asia
Country: Mongolia
Region: Ömnögovi
Formation: Barun Goyot

Classification

Dinosauria
Saurischia
Eusaurischia
Theropoda
Neotheropoda
Averostra
Tetanurae
Orionides
Avetheropoda
Coelurosauria
Tyrannoraptora
Maniraptoriformes
Maniraptora
Alvarezsauroidea
Alvarezsauridae
Parvicursorinae
Ceratonykini

Sources

Material: Incomplete skull and partial skeleton.
References: V. R. Alifanov and R. Barsbold. (2009). Ceratonykus oculatus gen. et sp. nov., a new dinosaur (? Theropoda, Alvarezsauria) from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia.

Locations

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