Shuvuuia Shuvuuia
"bird"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Shuvuuia 1 m (3.3 ft) long
2 people holding hands
- Length
- 1 m (3.3 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (75 Mya)
- Place
- Mongolia
- Food
- Carnivore
- Clade
- Alvarezsauridae
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 dinosaurs which are characterized by short but powerful forelimbs specialized for digging. The type (and only known) species is Shuvuuia deserti, or “desert bird”. The name Shuvuuia is derived from the Mongolian word shuvuu (шувуу) meaning “bird”.
What we know
- Named by Chiappe, Norell, & Clark, 1998.
- Body length estimated at about 1 m.
- Fossils found in Mongolia.