Genus
Valid Extinct

Migmanychion

Wang et al. 2023

Migmanychion is an extinct genus of maniraptoran theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Longjiang Formation of China. The genus contains a single species, Migmanychion laiyang, known from an incomplete left forelimb.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Migmanychion
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Skeletal diagram of Migmanychion laiyang showing known fossil material. Rib fragments preserved on the holotype slab(s) are not shown due to insufficient data. Scale bar=50 cm. Key  =Holotype (LY 2022JZ3001)  =Unknown References "A new theropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Longjiang Formation of Inner Mongolia (China)" "Osteology of Fukuivenator paradoxus: a bizarre maniraptoran theropod from the Early Cretaceous of Fukui, Japan" © SlvrHwk · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Tetanurae Unranked clade
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Coelurosauria Unranked clade
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Maniraptora Unranked clade
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Migmanychion Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Longjiang
1
Temporal distribution
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Migmanychion laiyang 121 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
X. Wang, A. Cau, and Z. Wang, K. Yu, W. Wu, Y. Wang, Y. Liu. 2023. A new theropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Longjiang Formation of Inner Mongolia (China). Cretaceous Research 151:105605 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
X. Wang, A. Cau, and Z. Wang, K. Yu, W. Wu, Y. Wang, Y. Liu. 2023. A new theropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Longjiang Formation of Inner Mongolia (China). Cretaceous Research 151:105605 DOI ↗