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Mononykus
Taxonomy
Mononykus was named by Perle et al. (1993). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Avialae by Norell et al. (1993); to Metornithes by Chiappe et al. (1994), Perle et al. (1994); to Mononykinae by Chiappe et al. (2002), Martinelli and Vera (2007), Longrich and Currie (2009); to Parvicursoridae by Kurochkin (2000), Alifanov and Barsbold (2009); to Mononykini by Agnolin et al. (2012); to Alvarezsauridae by Novas (1994), Chiappe et al. (1996), Novas (1996), Chiappe (1996), Novas (1997), Norell and Makovicky (1999), Chiappe (2002), Padian (2004), Turner et al. (2009), Salgado et al. (2009), Longrich et al. (2010), Gianechini et al. (2011), Nesbitt et al. (2011), White et al. (2015), Torices et al. (2015); and to Parvicursorinae by Xu et al. (2010), Choiniere et al. (2010), Novas et al. (2013), Averianov and Lopatin (2021), Kubo et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Avialae by Norell et al. (1993); to Metornithes by Chiappe et al. (1994), Perle et al. (1994); to Mononykinae by Chiappe et al. (2002), Martinelli and Vera (2007), Longrich and Currie (2009); to Parvicursoridae by Kurochkin (2000), Alifanov and Barsbold (2009); to Mononykini by Agnolin et al. (2012); to Alvarezsauridae by Novas (1994), Chiappe et al. (1996), Novas (1996), Chiappe (1996), Novas (1997), Norell and Makovicky (1999), Chiappe (2002), Padian (2004), Turner et al. (2009), Salgado et al. (2009), Longrich et al. (2010), Gianechini et al. (2011), Nesbitt et al. (2011), White et al. (2015), Torices et al. (2015); and to Parvicursorinae by Xu et al. (2010), Choiniere et al. (2010), Novas et al. (2013), Averianov and Lopatin (2021), Kubo et al. (2023).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1993 | Mononykus Norell et al. p. 51A |
| 1993 | Mononychus Perle et al. |
| 1993 | Mononykus Perle et al. p. 188 |
| 1993 | Mononychus Perle et al. p. 623 |
| 1994 | Mononykus Chiappe et al. p. 20A |
| 1994 | Mononykus Novas |
| 1994 | Mononykus Perle et al. p. 3 |
| 1996 | Mononykus Chiappe p. 541 |
| 1996 | Mononykus Chiappe et al. p. 560 fig. 2 |
| 1996 | Mononykus Novas p. 677 fig. 1 |
| 1997 | Mononykus Novas p. 162 fig. 32 |
| 1999 | Mononykus Norell and Makovicky p. 36 |
| 2000 | Mononykus Kurochkin p. 554 |
| 2002 | Mononykus Chiappe p. 451 fig. 20.1 |
| 2002 | Mononykus Chiappe et al. p. 90 |
| 2004 | Mononykus Padian p. 211 |
| 2007 | Mononykus Martinelli and Vera pp. 13-14 fig. 11 |
| 2009 | Mononykus Alifanov and Barsbold p. 104 fig. 4 |
| 2009 | Mononykus Longrich and Currie p. 246 fig. 11 |
| 2009 | Mononykus Salgado et al. p. 78 |
| 2009 | Mononykus Turner et al. p. 2 |
| 2010 | Mononykus Choiniere et al. p. 573 fig. 2 |
| 2010 | Mononykus Longrich et al. p. 955 |
| 2010 | Mononykus Xu et al. p. 14 fig. 8 |
| 2011 | Mononykus Gianechini et al. p. 285 |
| 2011 | Mononykus Nesbitt et al. p. 149 |
| 2012 | Mononykus Agnolin et al. p. 47 |
| 2013 | Mononykus Novas et al. p. 195 |
| 2015 | Mononykus Torices et al. p. 615 |
| 2015 | Mononykus White et al. p. 3 |
| 2021 | Mononykus Averianov and Lopatin |
| 2023 | Mononykus Kubo et al. p. 29 fig. 18 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Mononykus Perle et al. 1993
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†Mononykus olecranus Perle et al. 1993
Invalid names: Mononychus Perle et al. 1993 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, o = order | |||||
| References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983 | |||||
Age range: base of the Campanian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Campanian | Mongolia (Omngov) | M. sp. (68525) | |
| Maastrichtian | Mongolia (Omnogov) | Mononychus olecranus (69801) M. olecranus (13108) M. sp. (55257 168983 199805) |