Mononykus was a feathered dinosaur with just one claw on each hand. It was an insectivore that lived in Mongolia 75-65.5 million years ago. It stood over a metre tall, almost to 2 metres. It was 2 metres long and less than 120 kilograms in weight. Its name literally means, "Single Claw".
Walking With Dinosaurs[]
Mononykus did not appear in the main series.
Specials[]
Mononykus appeared in 'The Giant Claw', the second episode of Chased By Dinosaurs.
It was shown to be a nocturnal omnivore, pestering Nigel Marven by eating his pet scorpion- though he pestered them back by running after one and catching it. They were shown to be feathered Dinosaurs very closely related to modern birds. A flock of Mononykus inhabit the jungle-like region Nigel was traversing through. A few more are seen on the scrub-lands, were a terrifying Tarbosaurus, scares off a couple of Mononykus that Nigel had been watching, of course forcing him to hide too.