Shuvuuia was a (unknown). It lived in the Cretaceous period and inhabited Asia. Its fossils have been found in places such as Ömnögovi (Mongolia).
Quick facts about Shuvuuia:
- Existed from Campanian Age to Maastrichtian Age
- Lived in a desert
- Was a carnivore
- Reproduced by laying eggs
- 3 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Shuvuuia was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- A. Perle, M. A. Norell, and L. M. Chiappe, J. M. Clark. 1993. Flightless bird from the Cretaceous of Mongolia. Nature 362:623-626
- D. Dashzeveg, M. J. Novacek, and MA Norell, JM Clark, LM Chiappe, A. Davidson, MC McKenna, L. Dingus, C. Swisher, P. Altangerel. 1995. Extraordinary preservation in a new vertebrate assemblage from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. Nature 374:446-449
- S. Suzuki and M. Watabe. 2000. Report on the preliminary joint field excursion to the Gobi desert, 1992. Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences Research Bulletin 1:13-16
