Name - Alvarezsauridae Bonaparte 1991

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:1077298 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Alvarezsauridae

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Original Description Reference

• Los vertebrados fosiles de la formacion Rio Colorado, de la ciudad de Neuquen y Cercanias, Cretacico Superior, Argentina. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" e Instituto Nacional de Investigacion de las Ciencias Naturales Paleontologia 4(3) 1991: 1-123. [Zoological Record Volume 131]

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Recent Publications

• Los vertebrados fosiles de la formacion Rio Colorado, de la ciudad de Neuquen y Cercanias, Cretacico Superior, Argentina.
• Alvarezsaurid relationships reconsidered.
• Albertonykus borealis, a new alvarezsaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Maastrichtian of Alberta, Canada: implications for the systematics and ecology of the Alvarezsauridae.
• The oldest record of Alvarezsauridae (Dinosauria: Theropoda) in the Northern Hemisphere.
• A new alvarezsaurid dinosaur (Theropoda, Alvarezsauria) from the Upper Cretaceous Baruungoyot Formation of Mongolia provides insights for bird-like sleeping behavior in non-avian dinosaurs.

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