An articulated pes from a small parvicursorine alvarezsauroid dinosaur from Inner Mongolia, China

David W. E. Hone; Jonah N. Choiniere; Qingwei Tan; Xing Xu

doi:10.4202/app.2011.0127

An articulated pes from a small parvicursorine alvarezsauroid dinosaur from Inner Mongolia, China

David W. E. Hone^*, Jonah N. Choiniere, Qingwei Tan, Xing Xu

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School of Earth Sciences

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Abstract

A near complete and articulated parvicursorine pes from the Campanian Wulansuhai Formation is described. This pes is referred to the genus Linhenykus and is one of the first foot skeletons to be described for a derived alvarezsaur, providing new information on the first digit of the pes. The evolution of a laterally directed flange of the anterior face of the distal third metatarsal in arctometatarsalian taxa is described and discussed. This flange may have increased stability of the foot during cursorial locomotion and may also provide useful taxonomic and systematic data.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	453-458
Number of pages	6
Journal	Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
Volume	58
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4202/app.2011.0127
Publication status	Published - Sep 2013

Keywords

Dinosauria
Theropoda
maniraptoran
arctometatarsal
Cretaceous
Inner Mongolia
THEROPODA
ARCTOMETATARSUS
EVOLUTION
ALBERTA
GOBI

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