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Alvarezsauridae

Dzharaonyx

"Dzharakuduk claw"

Generic theropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Dzharaonyx 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic theropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Dzharaonyx
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (100–66 Mya)
Place
Uzbekistan
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Alvarezsauridae

Dzharaonyx (meaning “Dzharakuduk claw”, named after the type locality) is a genus of alvarezsaurid theropod from the Late Cretaceous Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan. The type and only species is D. eski. The specific epithet “eski” is an Uzbek word for “old”.

What we know

  • Named by Averianov & Sues, 2022.
  • Fossils found in Uzbekistan.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Dzharaonyx — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.