Mononykus was a carnivore. It lived in the Cretaceous period and inhabited Asia. Its fossils have been found in places such as Bayankhongor (Mongolia) and Ömnögovi (Mongolia).
Quick facts about Mononykus:
- Existed from 83.6 million years ago to 66 million years ago
- Lived in a desert
- Was a carnivore
- Reproduced by laying eggs
- 5 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Mononykus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- A. Perle and L. M. Chiappe. 1994. Skeletal morphology of Mononykus olecranus (Theropoda: Avialae) from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 3105:1-29
- M. Watabe and D. B. Weishampel. 1994. Results of Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences–Institute of Geology, Academy of Sciences of Mongolia Joint Paleontological Expedition to the Gobi Desert in 1993. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14(3, suppl.):51A
- A. Perle and M. A. Norell. 1993. Flightless bird from the Cretaceous of Mongolia. Nature 362:623-626
