Xixianykus
| Xixianykus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Family: | †Alvarezsauridae |
| Genus: | †Xixianykus Xu et al, 2010 |
| Species: | †X. zhangi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Xixianykus zhangi Xu et al., 2010 | |
Xixianykus is a genus of alvarezsaurid theropod dinosaur from the late Cretaceous period of China. Known from a slab of rock which contains a partial postcranial skeleton unearthed in the Late Cretaceous (Coniacian-Santonian) Majiacun Formation of the Xixia Basin in Henan, China.