The answer for #Guess that #Lego #Fossil is #Trierarchuncus.

In 1980, fossils were found that were informally named as the "Hell Creek alvarezsaur" by Hutchinson and Chiappe in 1998.

In 2020 Denver Fowler and colleagues named the species and genus based on three claw phalanges from MD-I-2.

Trierarchuncus is named after Captain Hook, of Peter Pan fame, because of the distinctive large claw on its hand.

Its believed to have been an insectivore.

The answer for #Guess that #Lego #Fossil is #Trierarchuncus, but I'll allow #Mononykus as well since theyre so similar.

Trierarchuncus is named after Captain Hook, of Peter Pan fame, because of the distinctive large claw on its hand.

Its believed that #Alvarezsaurids like Mononykus and Trierarchuncus were insectivores and filled the same niece as modern day anteaters. The large claw seems to have envolved to allow access into insect nests.

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