Nemegtonykus Nemegtonykus

"Nemegt claw"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Nemegtonykus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (100–66 Mya)
Place
Mongolia
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria

Nemegtonykus (meaning “Nemegt claw”) is a genus of alvarezsaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous ( Maastrichtian) Nemegt Formation of Mongolia. The type and only species is Nemegtonykus citus. It is the second alvarezsaurid known from the Nemegt Formation, preceded by Mononykus.

What we know

  • Named by Lee et al., 2019.
  • Fossils found in Mongolia.