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):
- L. Salgado and R. A. Coria. 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 28:392-404
- 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
