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project: DINOSAURIA
specimen 027
SHUVUUIA DESERTI
"Desert Bird"
Chiappe, Norell & Clark, 1998
Length: 60cm (2ft)
Weight: 2.7kg (6 lbs)
Location: Ömnögovi, Mongolia
Era: Campanian age, upper Cretaceous (75 million years ago)
Classification:
Dinosauria
Saurischia
Theropoda
Tetanurae
Avetheropoda
Coelurosauria
Maniraptoriformes
Maniraptora
Alvarezsauridae
Parvicursorinae
Notes:
Shuvuuia is unique among non-avian Theropods as it is able to flex its upper jaw independently from its braincase, a trait that is otherwise known only in true birds.
specimen 027
SHUVUUIA DESERTI
"Desert Bird"
Chiappe, Norell & Clark, 1998
Length: 60cm (2ft)
Weight: 2.7kg (6 lbs)
Location: Ömnögovi, Mongolia
Era: Campanian age, upper Cretaceous (75 million years ago)
Classification:
Dinosauria
Saurischia
Theropoda
Tetanurae
Avetheropoda
Coelurosauria
Maniraptoriformes
Maniraptora
Alvarezsauridae
Parvicursorinae
Notes:
Shuvuuia is unique among non-avian Theropods as it is able to flex its upper jaw independently from its braincase, a trait that is otherwise known only in true birds.
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I think all that colourful bird of paradise-like stuff is perfectly fitting for Alvarezsaurids. Probably only the males were that colourful (like with many birds nowadays) and I can really imagine many Alvarezsaurids were looking that way.