Dzharaonyx

Dzharaonyx
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
Turonian ~
Two caudal vertebrae (top) and a hand claw (bottom) from Dzharaonyx
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Family: Alvarezsauridae
Subfamily: Parvicursorinae
Genus: Dzharaonyx
Averianov & Sues, 2022
Type species
Dzharaonyx eski
Averianov & Sues, 2022

Dzharaonyx (meaning "Dzharakuduk claw", named after the type locality) is a genus of alvarezsaurid theropod from the Late Cretaceous Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan. The type and only species is D. eski. The specific epithet "eski" is an Uzbek word for "old".