Alvarezsauridae
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Alvarezsauridae is a family of small, long-legged dinosaurs. Although originally thought to represent the earliest known flightless birds, they are now thought to be an early diverging branch of manir
Mononykus
Alvarezsaurus
Reconstructed skeleton of Patagonykus puertai
Life restoration of Shuvuuia deserti
Shuvuuia
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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
Alvarezsauridae
…and found that alvarezsaurids were more parsimoniously related to the Ornithomimosauria. However, when Chiappe et al. described the cranial material of Shuvuuia deserti in 1998, they found Alvarezsauridae to be a sister taxon to birds following Perle et al. Further cladistic analysis by Chiappe et al. refuted the avian…
Shuvuuia skeletal Headden
Patagonykuspuertai
Confuciusornis plumage pattern