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Shishugounykus
Shishugounykus inexpectus Qin et al. 2019
Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) · 161.5–154.8 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Shishugounykus inexpectus is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Jurassic, roughly 161.5–154.8 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It was named by Qin et al. 2019. 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%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 1 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Shishugounykus sits in deep time
Shishugounykus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Shishugounykus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.