Bannykus was a carnivore. It lived in the Early Cretaceous period and inhabited Asia. Its fossils have been found in places such as Inner Mongolia (China).

All the Bannykus illustrations below were collected from the internet. Enjoy and explore:

Bannykus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
  • X. Xu, J. Choiniere, and Q.-W. Tan, R. B. J. Benson, J. Clark, C. Sullivan, Q. Zhao, F.-L. Han, Q.-Y. Ma, Y.-M. He, S. Wang, H. Xing, L. Tan. 2018. Two early Cretaceous fossils document transitional stages in alvarezsaurian dinosaur evolution. Current Biology 28:2853-2860