mononychus olecranus
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A turkey-sized long-legged fossil 75 million years old found in the Gobi Desert having bird-like fused wrist bones and keeled breastbone and a long tail resembling a dinosaur's;
Short forelimbs end in a single claw instead of wings;
Classification as bird or dinosaur is in dispute (synset 101721449)is a type of: maniraptor - advanced carnivorous theropodbelongs to: genus mononychus - authorities disagree over whether to classify the genus as bird or dinosaur
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