Machairasaurus Machairasaurus
"Etymology TBD"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Machairasaurus 1.5 m (4.9 ft) long
2 people holding hands
- Length
- 1.5 m (4.9 ft)
- Period
- Cretaceous (145–66 Mya)
- Place
- China · Mongolia
- Food
- Omnivore
- Clade
- Oviraptoridae
Machairasaurus is a genus of oviraptorid dinosaur which was found in the Bayan Mandahu Formation, China, dating to the late Cretaceous period.
What we know
- Named by Longrich, Currie & Dong, 2010.
- Body length estimated at about 1.5 m.
- Fossils found in China and Mongolia.