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| Rank | genus (PBDB) |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Avetheropoda : Mononykus |
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Classification
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Mononykus | genus | belongs to Avialae | stated without evidence | Norell et al., 1993 | | Mononykus | genus | belongs to Alvarezsauridae | stated without evidence | Novas, 1994 | | Mononykus | genus | belongs to Metornithes | stated without evidence | Chiappe et al., 1994 | | Mononykus | genus | belongs to Alvarezsauridae | stated with evidence | Chiappe et al., 1996 | | Mononykus | genus | belongs to Alvarezsauridae | stated without evidence | Chiappe, 1996 | | Mononykus | genus | belongs to Parvicursoridae | stated with evidence | Kurochkin, 2000 | | Mononykus | genus | belongs to Alvarezsauridae | stated with evidence | Chiappe, 2002 | | Mononykus | genus | belongs to Mononykinae | stated with evidence | Chiappe et al., 2002 | | Mononykus | genus | belongs to Alvarezsauridae | stated without evidence | Padian, 2004 | | Mononykus | genus | belongs to Mononykinae | stated with evidence | Martinelli and Vera, 2007 | | Mononykus | genus | belongs to Alvarezsauridae | stated without evidence | Salgado et al., 2009 | | Mononykus | genus | belongs to Mononykinae | stated with evidence | Longrich and Currie, 2009 | | Mononykus | genus | belongs to Parvicursoridae | stated with evidence | Alifanov and Barsbold, 2009 | | Mononykus | genus | belongs to Alvarezsauridae | stated without evidence | Longrich et al., 2010 | | Mononykus | genus | belongs to Parvicursorinae | stated with evidence | Choiniere et al., 2010 | | Mononykus | genus | belongs to Alvarezsauridae | stated without evidence | Gianechini et al., 2011 | | Mononykus | genus | belongs to Mononykini | stated with evidence | Agnolin et al., 2012 | | Mononykus | genus | belongs to Alvarezsauridae | stated without evidence | Torices et al., 2015 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 83.6 - 72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 72.1 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous |
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| Environment | terrestrial (based on Theropoda) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Theropoda) |
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| Diet | carnivore (based on Coelurosauria) |
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| Reproduction | oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda) |
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| Ontogeny | accretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda) |
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| Taphonomy | hydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. Perle, M. A. Norell, and L. M. Chiappe, J. M. Clark. 1993. Correction: Flightless bird from the Cretaceous of Mongolia. Nature 363:188 |
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| Perle A., Norell M. A., et al (1993) Correction: Flightless bird from the Cretaceous of Mongolia, Nature 363, 188 |
| Perle A., Norell M. A., et al (1993) Flightless bird from the Cretaceous of Mongolia, Nature 362, 623-626 |
| Novas F. E. (1994) Patagonykus puertai n. gen. et sp., and the phylogenetic relationships of the Alvarezsauridae (Theropoda, Maniraptora), VI Congreso Argentino de Paleontología y Bioestratigrafía, R. Cúneo (ed), Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio, Trelew Abstracts |
| Perle A., Chiappe L. M., et al (1994) Skeletal morphology of Mononykus olecranus (Theropoda: Avialae) from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia, American Museum Novitates 3105, 1-29 |
| Chiappe L. M. (1996) Early avian evolution on the southern hemisphere: the fossil record of birds in the Mesozoic of Gondwana, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 39 3, 533-554 |
| Novas F. E. (1996) Alvarezsauridae, Cretaceous basal birds from Patagonia and Mongolia, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 39 3, 675-702 |
| Novas F. E. (1997) Anatomy of Patagonykus puertai (Theropoda, Avialae, Alvarezsauridae), from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17 1, 137-166 |
| Norell M. A., Makovicky P. J. (1999) Important features of the dromaeosaur skeleton II: information from newly collected specimens of Velociraptor mongoliensis, American Museum Novitates 3282, 1-45 |
| Kurochkin E. N. (2000) Mesozoic birds of Mongolia and the former USSR, The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia, 533-559 |
| Chiappe L. M. (2002) Basal bird phylogeny: problems and solutions, Mesozoic Birds: Above the Heads of Dinosaurs. University of California Press, Berkeley, 448-472 |
| Padian K. (2004) Basal Avialae, In D. B. Weishampel, P. Dodson, and H. Osmólska (eds.), The Dinosauria (second edition). University of California Press, Berkeley, 210-231 |
| Martinelli A. G., Vera E. I. (2007) Achillesaurus manzzonei, a new alvarezsaurid theropod (Dinosauria) from the Late Cretaceous Bajo de la Carpa Formation, Río Negro Province, Argentina, Zootaxa 1582, 1-17 |
| Alifanov V. R., Barsbold R. (2009) Ceratonykus oculatus gen. et sp. nov., a new dinosaur (? Theropoda, Alvarezsauria) from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia, Paleontological Journal 43 1, 94-106 doi:10.1134/S0031030109010109 |
| Longrich N. R., Currie P. J. (2009) Albertonykus borealis, a new alvarezsaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Maastrichtian of Alberta, Canada: implications for the systematics and ecology of the Alvarezsauridae, Cretaceous Research 30 1, 239-252 doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2008.07.005 |
| Salgado L., Coria R. A., et al (2009) Restos de Alvarezsauridae (Theropoda, Coelurosauria) en la Formación Allen (Campaniano-Maastrictiano), en Salitral Ojo de Agua, Provincia de Río Negro, Argentina, Andean Geology 36 1, 67-80 |
| Turner A. H., Nesbitt S. J., et al (2009) A large alvarezsaurid from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia, American Museum Novitates 3648, 1-14 |
| Choiniere J. N., Xu X., et al (2010) A basal alvarezsauroid theropod from the early Late Jurassic of Xinjiang, China, Science 327 5965, 571-574 doi:10.1126/science.1182143 |
| Longrich N. R., Currie P. J., et al (2010) A new oviraptorid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Bayan Mandahu, Inner Mongolia, Palaeontology 53 5, 945-960 doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00968.x |
| Xu X., Wang D.-Y., et al (2010) A basal parvicursorine (Theropoda: Alvarezsauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of China, Zootaxa 2413, 1-19 |
| Nesbitt S. J., Clarke J. A., et al (2011) A small alvarezsaurid from the Eastern Gobi Desert offers insight into evolutionary patterns in the Alvarezsauroidea, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31 1, 144-153 doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.540053 |
| Agnolin F. L., Powell J. E., et al (2012) New alvarezsaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from uppermost Cretaceous of north-western Patagonia with associated eggs, Cretaceous Research 35 1, 33-56 doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2011.11.014 |
| Torices A., Currie P. J., et al (2015) Theropod dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous of the South Pyrenees Basin of Spain, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60 3, 611-626 doi:10.4202/app.2012.0121 |
Mononykus ✝
