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Mononykus
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Mononykus is known from partial skeletons.
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Fact file
- Pronounced
- mono-Nike-us
- Meaning of name
- single claw
- Length
- 1m
- Diet
- unknown
- When it lived
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Late Cretaceous
(81 - 68 million years ago) - Found in
- Peoples Republic of China, Mongolia
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Neotherapoda, Tetanurae, Avetherapoda, Coelurosauria, Tyrannoraptora, Maniraptoriformes, Maniraptora, Alvarezsauridae, Mononykus
- Named by
- Perle, Norell, Chiappe and Clark (1993)
- Type species
- olecranus