Dzharaonyx Dzharaonyx

"Dzharakuduk claw"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Dzharaonyx 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
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.