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Shuvuuia Shuvuuia deserti Chiappe et al. 1998
/ʃjuːvˈuːiə/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · 83.6–72.2 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
solitary
Where It Was Found
Country
Mongolia
Region
Omnogov
Formation
Djadokhta
Dig sites
3
distinct collections
Overview
Shuvuuia deserti is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 83.6–72.2 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and solitary. Fossils have been recovered from Omnogov, Mongolia. It was named by Chiappe et al. 1998. The species is represented by 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~11%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Shuvuuia deserti sits in deep time
Shuvuuia
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Shuvuuia deserti's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.