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    many reconstructions of Mononykus in art and mounted skeletons in museums are in fact based mainly on Shuvuuia. While Mononykus was formally described...
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    name to Mononykus, because the earlier spelling was already the genus name of an extant beetle. Perle et al. mistakenly described Mononykus as a member...
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    ear anatomy with barn owls, it is theorized that the feathered dinosaur Mononykus may also have had a facial disc. Choiniere, Jonah N.; Neenan, James M...
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    defined as a clade by Luis Chiappe in 1995 as the last common ancestor of Mononykus and modern birds, and all its descendants. Pennaraptora (Latin penna "bird...
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    the second alvarezsaur known from the Nemegt Formation, the other being Mononykus. In 2008, the Korea-Mongolia International Dinosaur Expedition at the...
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    Alvarezsaurus is considered basal to better-known members of its family, such as Mononykus and Shuvuuia. It has been alternately classified with both non-avian theropod...
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  • is a Mononykus, who forages for termites and investigates new food options after a brief rainstorm. Nemegtosaurus, Barsboldia, Tarchia, Mononykus, and...
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    the Alvarezsauridae, a family which includes such taxa as the Mongolian Mononykus and the Argentinian Alvarezsaurus. In 2010 Gregory S. Paul estimated its...
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    which do not show all bird-like features as the first discovered species Mononykus and Shuvuuia. This shows that bird-like characteristics were developed...
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    name implies: cursor means runner. Close relatives include Shuvuuia and Mononykus, and together with these it is classified in the alvarezsaurid subfamily...
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