Machairasaurus
Extinct genus of dinosaurs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Machairoceratops.
Machairasaurus is a genus of oviraptorid dinosaur which was found in the Bayan Mandahu Formation, China, dating to the late Cretaceous period.[1]
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Machairasaurus | |
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Forearm and hand in dorsal (top) and ventral (bottom) views, showing the elongate claws | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Family: | †Oviraptoridae |
Subfamily: | †Heyuanninae |
Genus: | †Machairasaurus Longrich, Currie & Dong, 2010 |
Species: | †M. leptonychus |
Binomial name | |
†Machairasaurus leptonychus Longrich, Currie & Dong, 2010 | |
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