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Shuvuuia is a
genus of bird-like
theropod dinosaur from the late
Cretaceous period of Mongolia. It is a
member of the
family Alvarezsauridae,
small coelurosaurian...
- 3 to 3.9 ft) in
length with a
weight of 3.5
kilograms (7.7 lb). As in
Shuvuuia,
Mononykus likely developed a
shaggy feathering. It was
lightly built with...
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Parvicursor remotus.
Chiappe et al.(1998)
described another Mongolian member,
Shuvuuia deserti, and
found it to be a bird as in
Perle et al.'s analysis. These...
- the animal's name implies:
cursor means runner.
Close relatives include Shuvuuia and Mononykus, and
together with
these it is
classified in the alvarezsaurid...
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sickle claw to kill its prey. In a
study predominantly centered around Shuvuuia,
Dromaeosaurus was
compared to the
former and also to Alioramus, in which...
- had avian, but not feather, β-keratins. The
small alvarezsaurid dinosaur Shuvuuia deserti shows evidence of a
featherlike skin covering.
Analysis by Schweitzer...
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feathers homologous to
those of birds,
based on
study of a
specimen of
Shuvuuia. The
following family tree
illustrates a
synthesis of the relationships...
- and
laterodistally directed,
features seen in
other alvarezsaurids like
Shuvuuia.
Spinal processes were
entirely absent or
poorly developed, and each caudal...
- show all bird-like
features as the
first discovered species Mononykus and
Shuvuuia. This
shows that bird-like
characteristics were
developed multiple times...
- to have been
about twice the size of the
contemporaneous Shuvuuia. However,
unlike Shuvuuia,
which is
known from many well
preserved specimens, and although...
