Shuvuuia

Shuvuuia; Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 75 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	Skeletal reconstruction
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	Saurischia
Clade:	Theropoda
Family:	†Alvarezsauridae
Tribe:	†Mononykini
Genus:	†Shuvuuia; Chiappe, Norell & Clark, 1998
Species:	†S. deserti
Binomial name
	†Shuvuuia deserti; Chiappe, Norell, & Clark, 1998

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".^[1] The name Shuvuuia is derived from the Mongolian word shuvuu (шувуу) meaning "bird".

^ Chiappe, L. M.; Norell, M. A.; Clark, J. M. (1998). "The skull of a relative of the stem-group bird Mononykus". Nature. 392 (6673): 275–278. Bibcode:1998Natur.392..275C. doi:10.1038/32642. ISSN 0028-0836.

[chiappe98-1] Chiappe, L. M.; Norell, M. A.; Clark, J. M. (1998). "The skull of a relative of the stem-group bird Mononykus". Nature. 392 (6673): 275–278. Bibcode:1998Natur.392..275C. doi:10.1038/32642. ISSN 0028-0836.

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