Bannykus
| Bannykus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, | |
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| Holotype displayed in Japan in 2012 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Superfamily: | †Alvarezsauroidea |
| Genus: | †Bannykus Xu et al., 2018 |
| Type species | |
| †Bannykus wulatensis Xu et al., 2018 | |
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Bannykus is an alvarezsaur from the Early Cretaceous of the Bayin-Gobi Formation of Inner Mongolia, China. It includes one species, Bannykus wulatensis. It is large for an alvarezsaur, with an estimated weight of 24 kg based on femoral circumference.
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