The skull of a relative of the stem-group bird Mononykus.

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    • Subject Terms:
      MONGOLIA
    • Abstract:
      Presents research which described a new taxon for alvarezsaurids based on two skulls. Specimens from the Late Cretaceous beds of Mongolia's Gobi Desert; Taxon closely related to Mononykus; Evidence for theory that group is related to birds; Configuration of skull; Idea that prokinesis preceded over types of avian intracranial kinesis.