Gobivenator Gobivenator

"hunter"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Gobivenator 1.7 m (5.6 ft) long
2 people holding hands
Length
1.7 m (5.6 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (72 Mya)
Place
Mongolia
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Troodontidae Dinosauria Saurischia Theropoda Coelurosauria

Gobivenator is an extinct genus of troodontid theropod dinosaur known from the late Campanian Djadokhta Formation of central Gobi Desert, Mongolia. It contains a single species, Gobivenator mongoliensis. G. mongoliensis is known from a single individual, which represents the most complete specimen of a Late Cretaceous troodontid currently known.

What we know

  • Named by Tsuihiji et al., 2014.
  • Body length estimated at about 1.7 m.
  • Fossils found in Mongolia.