Mononykus olecranus
species · (Perle et al. 1993) · accepted · extinct
2 fossil sites · 1 formations · 1 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Paleogene
72.2–66 million years ago
Found where
1 country
1 rock formations
Fossil record
2 sites
9 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 6 million years, from 72.2 to 66 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 66 million years old — that is roughly 220 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Mononykus olecranus was named in 1993 ((Perle et al. 1993)) — 33 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country and 1 named rock formations.
- 9 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).