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sharp-clawed runner
Manipulonyx
Say it like this: “man-IP-yoo-LOH-niks”
Manipulonyx reshetovi
Manipulonyx ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Mongolia.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 2025 · Averianov, A. O.; Lopatin, A. V.; Atuchin, A. A.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Mongolia · Nemegt
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Parvicursorinae
The story in short
The genus Manipulonyx dates to 2025, the year A. O. Averianov and colleagues described it.
Fossils referred to Manipulonyx date to the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from Mongolia, including the Nemegt Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
The fossils of Manipulonyx are too incomplete for a responsible length, hip height, or weight, so those fields are left blank on purpose.
On the family tree it sits in Parvicursorinae, among the theropod dinosaurs.