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Alvarezsauroidea

(Choiniere et al. 2010)

Les Alvarezsauroïdes (Alvarezsauroidea) sont une super-famille de dinosaures théropodes coelurosauriens, majoritairement de petite taille. Ils ont vécu du Jurassique supérieur à la fin du Crétacé en Amérique du Sud, en Amérique du Nord et en Asie.

Plage temporelle
Trias
Jurassique
Crétacé
Paléogène
Néogène
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
Occurrences PBDB
50
Groupe
Dinosaures
Carnivore Vivant au sol, solitaire Terrestre
Alvarezsauroidea
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PBDB Wikipedia
Classification
Dinosauria Clade non classé
Theropoda Clade non classé
Neotheropoda Clade non classé
Averostra Clade non classé
Tetanurae Clade non classé
Coelurosauria Clade non classé
Alvarezsauria Infraordre
Alvarezsauroidea Clade non classé
Sites de découverte 50 sites géolocalisés
Répartition
Principaux pays
🇲🇳 Mongolie
18
🇨🇳 Chine
9
🇦🇷 Argentine
9
🇺🇸 États-Unis
9
🇷🇴 Roumanie
3
🇺🇿 Ouzbékistan
1
🇨🇦 Canada
1
Formations géologiques
Nemegt
7
Allen
3
Portezuelo
2
Wulansuhai
2
Qiupa
2
Distribution temporelle
Maastrichtien (72.2–66 Ma)
25
Campanien (83.6–72.2 Ma)
13
Santonien (85.7–83.6 Ma)
2
Coniacien (89.8–85.7 Ma)
1
Turonien (93.9–89.8 Ma)
3
Cénomanien (100.5–93.9 Ma)
2
Aptien (121.4–113.2 Ma)
2
Valanginien (137.05–132.6 Ma)
1
Oxfordian (161.5–154.8 Ma)
1
Images 1
Bibliographie
Description originale
J. N. Choiniere, X. Xu, and J. M. Clark, C. A. Forster, Y. Guo, F. Han. 2010. A basal alvarezsauroid theropod from the early Late Jurassic of Xinjiang, China. Science 327(5965):571-574 DOI ↗
Bibliographie (39)
J. G. Meso, J. N. Choiniere, and M. A. Baiano, S. L. Brusatte, J. I. Canale, L. Salgado, D. Pol, M. Pittman. 2025. New information on Bonapartenykus (Alvarezsauridae: Theropoda) from the Allen Formation (middle Campanian-lower Maastrichtian) of Río Negro Province, Patagonia, Argentina clarifies the Patagonykinae body plan. PLOS ONE 20(1):e0308366 DOI ↗
K. Kubo, Y. Kobayashi, and T. Chinzorig, K. Tsogtbaatar. 2023. A new alvarezsaurid dinosaur (Theropoda, Alvarezsauria) from the Upper Cretaceous Baruungoyot Formation of Mongolia provides insights for bird-like sleeping behavior in nonavian dinosaurs. PLoS ONE 18(11):e0293801:1-38 DOI ↗
A. O. Averianov and A. V. Lopatin. 2022. A new alvarezsaurid theropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Gobi Desert, Mongolia. Cretaceous Research 135:105168 DOI ↗
A. O. Averianov and H.-D. Sues. 2022. New material and diagnosis of a new taxon of alvarezsaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 41(5):e2036174 DOI ↗
F. L. Agnolín, J.-C. Lu, and M. Kundrát, L. Xu. 2021. Alvarezsaurid osteology: new data on cranial anatomy. Historical Biology DOI ↗
A. O. Averianov and A. V. Lopatin. 2021. The second taxon of alvarezsaurid theropod dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Khulsan locality in Gobi Desert, Mongolia. Historical Biology DOI ↗
W. J. Freimuth and J. P. Wilson. 2021. New manual unguals of Trierarchuncus prairiensis from the Hell Creek Formation, Montana, and the ontogenetic development of the functional alvarezsaurid hand claw. Cretaceous Research 119:104698 DOI ↗
W. W. Stein. 2021. The paleontology, geology and taphonomy of the Tooth Draw Deposit; Hell Creek Formation (Maastrictian), Butte County, South Dakota. The Journal of Paleontological Sciences JPS.C.21:0001:1-108
D. W. Fowler, J. P. Wilson, and E. A. Freedman Fowler, C. R. Noto, D. Anduza, J. R. Horner. 2020. Trierarchuncus prairiensis gen. et sp. nov., the last alvarezsaurid: Hell Creek Formation (uppermost Maastrichtian), Montana. Cretaceous Research 116:104560 DOI ↗
S. Lee, J.-Y. Park, and Y.-N. Lee, S.-H. Kim, J. Lü, R. Barsbold, K. Tsogtbaatar. 2019. A new alvarezsaurid dinosaur from the Nemegt Formation of Mongolia. Scientific Reports 9:15493:1-12 DOI ↗
J.-C. Lü, L. Xu, and H.-L. Chang, S.-H. Jia, J. M. Zhang, D.-S. Gao, Y.-Y. Zhang, C.-J. Zhang, F. Ding. 2018. A new alvarezsaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Qiupa Formation of Luanchuan, Henan Province, central China. China Geology 1:28-35 DOI ↗
X. Xu, J. Choiniere, and Q.-W. Tan, R. B. J. Benson, J. Clark, C. Sullivan, Q. Zhao, F.-L. Han, Q.-Y. Ma, Y.-M. He, S. Wang, H. Xing, L. Tan. 2018. Two early Cretaceous fossils document transitional stages in alvarezsaurian dinosaur evolution. Current Biology 28:2853-2860 DOI ↗
Z. Csiki-Sava, M. Vremir, and S. Vasile, S. L. Brusatte, G. Dyke, D. Naish, M. A. Norell, R. Totoianu. 2016. The East Side Story – The Transylvanian latest Cretaceous continental vertebrate record and its implications for understanding Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary events. Cretaceous Research 57:662-698 DOI ↗
P. M. Makovicky, S. Apesteguía, and F. Gianechini. 2016. A new, almost complete specimen of Alnashetri cerropoliciensis (Dinosauria: Theropoda) impacts our understanding of alvarezsauroid evolution. XXX Jornadas Argentinas de Paleontología de Vertebrados. Resúmenes. Ameghiniana 53(6 (suppl.)):62
D. W. E. Hone, J. N. Choiniere, and Q. Tan, X. Xu. 2013. An articulated pes from a small parvicursorine alvarezsauroid dinosaur from Inner Mongolia, China. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 58(3):453-458 DOI ↗
F. L. Agnolin, J. E. Powell, and F. E. Novas, M. Kundrát. 2012. New alvarezsaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from uppermost Cretaceous of north-western Patagonia with associated eggs. Cretaceous Research 35(1):33-56 DOI ↗
P. J. Makovicky, S. Apesteguia, and F. A. Gianechini. 2012. A new coelurosaurian theropod from the La Buitrera fossil locality of Río Negro, Argentina. Fieldiana: Life and Earth Sciences 5:90-98 DOI ↗
S. J. Nesbitt, J. A. Clarke, and A. H. Turner, M. A. Norell. 2011. A small alvarezsaurid from the Eastern Gobi Desert offers insight into evolutionary patterns in the Alvarezsauroidea. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(1):144-153 DOI ↗
X. Xu, C. Sullivan, and M. Pittman, J. N. Choiniere, D. Hone, P. Upchurch, Q. Tan, D. Xiao, L. Tan, F. Han. 2011. A monodactyl nonavian dinosaur and the complex evolution of the alvarezsauroid hand. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108(6):2338-2342 DOI ↗
N. R. Longrich, P. J. Currie, and Z.-M. Dong. 2010. A new oviraptorid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Bayan Mandahu, Inner Mongolia. Palaeontology 53(5):945-960 DOI ↗
M. Watabe, K. Tsogtbaatar, and S. Suzuki, M. Saneyoshi. 2010. Geology of dinosaur-fossil-bearing localities (Jurassic and Cretaceous: Mesozoic) in the Gobi Desert: Results of the HMNS-MPC Joint Paleontological Expedition. Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences Research Bulletin 3:41-118
M. Watabe, S. Suzuki, and K. Tsogtbaatar, T. Tsubamoto, M. Saneyoshi. 2010. Report of the HMNS-MPC Joint Paleontological Expedition in 2006. Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences Research Bulletin 3:11-18
X. Xu, D.-Y. Wang, and C. Sullivan, D. W. E. Hone, F.-L. Han, R.-H. Yan, F.-M. Du. 2010. A basal parvicursorine (Theropoda: Alvarezsauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of China. Zootaxa 2413:1-19 DOI ↗
V. R. Alifanov and R. Barsbold. 2009. Ceratonykus oculatus gen. et sp. nov., a new dinosaur (? Theropoda, Alvarezsauria) from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 43(1):94-106 DOI ↗
N. R. Longrich and P. J. Currie. 2009. Albertonykus borealis, a new alvarezsaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Maastrichtian of Alberta, Canada: implications for the systematics and ecology of the Alvarezsauridae. Cretaceous Research 30(1):239-252 DOI ↗
L. M. Chiappe, S. Suzuki, and G. J. Dyke, M. Watabe, K. Tsogtbaatar, R. Barsbold. 2007. A new enantiornithine bird from the Late Cretaceous of the Gobi Desert. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 5(2):193-208 DOI ↗
A. G. Martinelli and E. I. Vera. 2007. Achillesaurus manzzonei, a new alvarezsaurid theropod (Dinosauria) from the Late Cretaceous Bajo de la Carpa Formation, Río Negro Province, Argentina. Zootaxa 1582:1-17 DOI ↗
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