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- Title
An articulated pes from a small parvicursorine alvarezsauroid dinosaur from Inner Mongolia, China.
- Authors
HONE, DAVID W. E.; CHOINIERE, JONAH N.; QINGWEI TAN; XING XU
- Abstract
A near complete and articulated parvicursorine pes from the Campanian Wulansuhai Formation is described. This pes is referred to the genus Linhenykus and is one of the first foot skeletons to be described for a derived alvarezsaur, providing new information on the first digit of the pes. The evolution of a laterally directed flange of the anterior face of the distal third metatarsal in arctometatarsalian taxa is described and discussed. This flangemay have increased stability of the foot during cursorial locomotion and may also provide useful taxonomic and systematic data.
- Subjects
ALVAREZSAURIDAE; DINOSAURS; FOSSIL bones; FOSSIL animals; METATARSUS
- Publication
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2013, Vol 58, Issue 3, p453
- ISSN
0567-7920
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4202/app.2011.0127