Shuvuuia

Q: How are they classified?

Alvarezsauridae, Avetheropoda, Coelurosauria, Dinosauria, Maniraptora, Maniraptoriformes, Neotheropoda, Saurischia, Tetanurae, Theropoda, Tyrannoraptora

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Quick Facts
Name	Shuvuuia
Diet	Omnivore
Weight	5 kg
Length	1 meter
Height	0.5 meters
Period	Late Cretaceous

The shuvuuia is a small theropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous period. As an omnivore shuvuuia during this time could be found eating plants and meat in Mongolia approximately 81 million years ago. Shuvuuia was a small dinosaur with an approximate weight of 5 kilograms (3 pounds) and an estimated length of 1 meter (4 feet). This small omnivore was probably 0.5 meters (2 feet) tall.

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References

Chiappe, L. M.; Norell, M. A.; Clark, J. M. (1998). "The skull of a relative of the stem-group bird Mononykus". Nature 392: 275-278.
Suzuki, S., Chiappe, L. M., Dyke, G. J., Watabe, M., Barsbold, R. and Tsogtbaatar, K. (2001). A new specimen of Shuvuuia deserti from the Late Cretaceous Djadokhta Formation of Mongolia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Abstracts of papers. Sixty-first annual meeting society of vertebrate paleontology, 21, Supplement to number 3, 107A.
Suzuki, S., Chiappe, L. M., Dyke, G. J., Watabe, M., Barsbold, R. and Tsogtbaatar, K. 2002. A new specimen of Shuvuuia deserti Chiappe et al., 1998 from the Mongolian Late Cretaceous with a discussion of the relationships of Alvarezsaurids to other theropod dinosaurs. Contributions in Science, 494.1-18.
Schweitzer, M. H.; Watt, J. A.; Avci, R.; Knapp, L.; Chiappe, L.; Norell, M.; Marshall, M. (1999). "Beta-keratin specific immunological reactivity in feather-like structures of the Cretaceous alvarezsaurid, Shuvuuia deserti". Journal of Experimental Zoology (Mol Dev Evol) 285: 146-157.