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Troodontidae

Borogovia

Generic raptor body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Borogovia 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic raptor body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Borogovia
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (100–66 Mya)
Place
Mongolia
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Troodontidae Dinosauria Saurischia Theropoda Coelurosauria Small, brainy, feathered theropods.

Borogovia is a troodontid theropod dinosaur genus which lived during the Late Cretaceous Period, in what is now Mongolia. It contains one species, Borogovia gracilicrus.

What we know

  • Named by Osmólska, 1987.
  • Fossils found in Mongolia.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Borogovia — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.