Bonapartenykus was a carnivore. It lived in the Cretaceous period and inhabited South America. Its fossils have been found in places such as Argentina.
Quick facts about Bonapartenykus:
- Existed from Campanian Age to Maastrichtian Age
- Lived in a terrestrial habitat
- Was a carnivore
- Reproduced by laying eggs
- 2 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Bonapartenykus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- J. E. Powell. 1992. Hallazgo de huevos asignables a dinosaurios titanosauridos (Saurischia, Sauropoda) de la Provincia de Río Negro, Argentina [Discovery of eggs assignable to titanosaurid dinosaurs (Saurischia, Sauropoda) from Río Negro Province, Argentina]. Acta Zoologica Lilloana 41:381-389
- L. Salgado, R. A. Coria, and C. M. Magalhaes Ribeiro, A. Garrido, R. Rogers, M. E. Simon, A. B. Arcucci, K. Curry Rogers, A. Paulina Carabajal, S. Apesteguia, M. Fernandez, R. A. Garcia, M. Talevi. 2007. Upper Cretaceous dinosaur nesting sites of Rio Negro (Salitral Ojo de Agua and Salinas de Trapalco-Salitral de Santa Rosa), northern Patagonia, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 28(3):392-404
