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| More Dinosaur Fact Sheets | EnchantedLearning.com Shuvuuia Fact Sheet |
Dinosaur/Paleontology Dictionary |
| NAME: | Meaning - Shuvuuia is from the Mongolian word for bird (shuvuu) Pronounced - shu-VOO-ee-a Named By - Chiappe, Norell and Clark When Named - 1998 |
| DIET: | Carnivore (meat-eater) - it may have eaten insects and worms |
| SIZE: | Length - 3 ft (0.9 m) long Height - 1 ft (30 cm) tall at the hips Weight - about 5.5 pounds (2.5 kg) |
| WHEN IT LIVED: | Late Cretaceous period, about 85-75 million years ago |
| WHERE IT LIVED: | Fossils have been found in the southern Gobi Desert, Mongolia, Asia. |
| FOSSILS: | Two skulls and some skeletal bones have been found. |
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| INTERESTING FACTS: |
Shuvuuia was a fast-running, bird-like, chicken-sized dinosaur. It had a pointed beak (that could open very wide), tiny teeth, long legs, short arms, a long tail, and only one functional finger (clawed, of course) on each hand. |
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