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Oviraptoridae

Gobiraptor minutus

Generic theropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Gobiraptor 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic theropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Gobiraptor
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (72–70 Mya)
Place
Mongolia
Food
Omnivore
Clade
Oviraptoridae

Gobiraptor is a genus of oviraptorid maniraptoran dinosaur from the Maastrichtian-aged Nemegt Formation of Mongolia. The type and only species is Gobiraptor minutus, known from a single incomplete specimen—the holotype MPC-D 102/111. It has been found not to be closely related to the other oviraptorids it shared its environment with.

What we know

  • Named by Lee et al., 2019.
  • Fossils found in Mongolia.

What we guess

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