Albertonykus
id:
albertonykus-175-44439
title:
Albertonykus
text:
Albertonykus is an alvarezsaurid dinosaur from the Maastrichtian-age rocks of the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Alberta, Canada. It is known from forelimb and hindlimb remains from multiple individuals. All but two of the specimens come from a bonebed dominated by Albertosaurus, located at the top of Unit 4 of the Horseshoe Canyon Formation, dating to ~68.5 million years ago. Albertonykus is interpreted as having fed on wood-nesting termites because the forelimbs appear specialized for digging,
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Extinct genus of dinosaurs
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albertonykus
date created:
2008-07-27T09:00:21Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T02:41:44Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q131750","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131750"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Albertonykus_borealis.jpg","width":2619,"height":1207}
fields total:
13
integrity:
16