Ben Creisler
I'm trying to track down information on a new alvarezsaur from China that is discussed in multiple news stories in Chinese. The description is said to be in the first issue of a new journal called China Geology 1Â (2018): 28-35. However, I can't find a link online at the moment to the journal and the Chinese version of the journal name matches the title of the older journal known as Geology in China, which does not have the paper.Â
What is indicated in Chinese suggests that the Latin name could be something like Qiupalong zhangi "Zhang's Qiupa (or Qiuba) dragon" (Or maybe Qiupasaurus) and it's a new alvarezsaur from the Late Cretaceous of Henan Province. Authors on the paper include Lu Junchang and Xu Li.Â
Without the official Latin name, the Chinese name is confusing because it's very similar to Qiupalong, an ornithomimid dinosaur named in 2011 and found in the Qiupa Formation in Henan..
Intriguingly, the alvarezsaur fossil was found with remains of dinosaur egg shells and the researchers suggest that the powerful single claw was used to break into eggs. The associated eggs are too big and of a different type to belong to the small theropod itself.
I'll keep searching online for more information and update for any corrections to the info mentioned above.