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Troodontidae

Gobivenator

"hunter"

Generic raptor body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Gobivenator 1.7 m (5.6 ft) long
as long as 2 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic raptor body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Gobivenator
Length
1.7 m (5.6 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (72 Mya)
Place
Mongolia
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Troodontidae Dinosauria Saurischia Theropoda Coelurosauria Small, brainy, feathered theropods.

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.

What we guess

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