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Migmanychion Migmanychion laiyang Wang et al. 2023
/mˈɪɡmɐnˌɪʃən/
estimated
Early Cretaceous (Aptian) · 121.4–119.6 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
solitary
Where It Was Found
Country
China
Region
Inner Mongolia
Formation
Longjiang
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Migmanychion laiyang is a theropod dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 121.4–119.6 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and solitary. Fossils have been recovered from Inner Mongolia, China. It was named by Wang et al. 2023. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~5%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Migmanychion laiyang sits in deep time
Migmanychion
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Migmanychion laiyang's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.