Mononykus olecranus, a theropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia, exhibits reduced forelimbs with a single ... now no functional study on the forelimbs of Mononykus has been undertaken. Here I show that the ... range of motion in the forelimb elements of Mononykus are such that the humeri sprawl laterally, the ... of this study confirm that the forelimbs of Mononykus could not have been used to grasp prey ... anteaters and pangolins to open tough insect nests. Mononykus likely occupied a niche equivalent to that of ...
Tópico(s): Ichthyology and Marine Biology
2005 - Cambridge University Press | Paleobiology
The avian status of Mononykus is refuted in this paper through a detailed analysis of its supposed avian characters. An extensive comparison between it and ... evidence indicating that the absence of flight in Mononykus was secondarily lost.
Tópico(s): Fossil Insects in Amber
1995 - Oxford University Press | Ornithology
Xing Xu, Jonah N. Choiniere, Qingwei Tan, Roger Benson, James M. Clark, Corwin Sullivan, Qi Zhao, Fenglu Han, Qingyu Ma, Yiming He, Shuo Wang, Xing Hai, Lin Tan,
... Clark J.M. The Cretaceous, short-armed Alvarezsauridae: Mononykus and its kin.in: Chiappe L.M. Witmer ... of a relative of the stem-group bird Mononykus.Nature. 1998; 392: 275-278Crossref Scopus (102) Google ... Clark J.M. The Cretaceous, short-armed Alvarezsauridae: Mononykus and its kin.in: Chiappe L.M. Witmer ...
Tópico(s): Ichthyology and Marine Biology
2018 - Elsevier BV | Current Biology
Perle Altangerel, Mark A. Norell, Luis M. Chiappe, James M. Clark,
... 1824 (ref. 1). We therefore propose the replacement Mononykus for this genus whose type species is Mononykus olecranus.
Tópico(s): Fossil Insects in Amber
1993 - Nature Portfolio | Nature
... taxon, Alvarezsaurus calvoi, and also to the Mongolian Mononykus olecranus. Alvarezsauridae encompass these three taxa, sharing outstanding ... are geologically older and morphologically more primitive than Mononykus olecranus. Alvarezsauridae documents a group of theropods widely ...
Tópico(s): Ichthyology and Marine Biology
1997 - Taylor & Francis | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
Sungjin Lee, Jinyoung Park, Yuong‐Nam Lee, Su‐Hwan Kim, Junchang Lü, Ринчен Барсболд, Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar,
... Mongolia remained low since the initial report on Mononykus olecranus in 1993. Here we report three new ... M. olecranus in morphology and referred to cf. Mononykus sp. Our phylogenetic analysis recovered Nemegtonykus as a ...
Tópico(s): Ichthyology and Marine Biology
2019 - Nature Portfolio | Scientific Reports
Alexander O. Averianov, А. В. Лопатин,
... be recognized. In the first type exemplified by Mononykus and Ondogurvel, the articular surfaces of metacarpals III ... lineages represented by the Bissekty alvarezsaurid – Linhenykus and Mononykus – Ondogurvel. LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AC4A7F7F- ...
Tópico(s): Amphibian and Reptile Biology
2022 - Elsevier BV | Cretaceous Research
Luis M. Chiappe, Lawrence M. Witmer,
... SERGEI KURZANOV 4. The Cretaceous, Short-Armed Alvarezsauridae: Mononykus and Its Kin LUIS M. CHIAPPE, MARK A. ...
Tópico(s): Avian ecology and behavior
2003 - Association of College and Research Libraries | Choice Reviews Online
... the Origin of Flight. Chapter Three: The Bizarre Mononykus and its Kin: An Evolutionary Experiment. Chapter Four. ...
Tópico(s): Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
2007 - Association of College and Research Libraries | Choice Reviews Online
Mark A. Norell, James E. Clark,
Luis CHIAPPE,1' 4 MARK NORELL,2 AND JAMES CLARK3 'Department of Ornithology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, New York 10024, USA; 2Department of Vertebrate Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, New York 10024, USA; and 3Department of Biological Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 20052, USA
Tópico(s): Evolution and Paleontology Studies
1997 - Oxford University Press | Ornithology
Luis M. Chiappe, Mark A. Norell, James M. Clark,
Tópico(s): Ichthyology and Marine Biology
1998 - Nature Portfolio | Nature
K. Kubo, Yoshitsugu Kobayashi, Tsogtbaatar Chinzorig, Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar,
... Alvarezsauridae, Parvicursorinae, and forms a mononphyletic group with Mononykus and Shuvuuia. Its well-preserved manus has only ...
Tópico(s): Ichthyology and Marine Biology
2023 - Public Library of Science | PLoS ONE
Alexander O. Averianov, Hans‐Dieter Sues,
... the Argentinian alvarezsaurid Patagonykus and the Mongolian parvicursorine Mononykus in having a small internal tuberosity, similar-sized ...
Tópico(s): Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
2021 - Taylor & Francis | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
Alexander O. Averianov, А. В. Лопатин,
... Khulsanurus in the Parvicursorinae in a polytomy with Mononykus, Shuvuuia, Albinykus, and Xixianykus.
Tópico(s): Amphibian and Reptile Biology
2021 - Taylor & Francis | Historical Biology
... the forelimb of the Upper Cretaceous theropod dinosaur Mononykus olecranus , a member of the family Alvarezsauridae, has ...
Tópico(s): Optical measurement and interference techniques
2023 - PeerJ, Inc. | PeerJ
... did it just scavenge on left-overs? Did Mononykus burrow in the ground to hide its head, ... your imagination run wild. That sure would help Mononykus .) The only equipment you need is a powerful ...
Tópico(s): Evolution and Paleontology Studies
1994 - Cambridge University Press | The Paleontological Society Special Publications
... a new relative of the stem-group bird Mononykus. Nature. 1998; 392: 272-278 Crossref Scopus (97) ...
Tópico(s): Ichthyology and Marine Biology
2003 - Elsevier BV | Trends in Ecology & Evolution