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Oviraptoridae

Nemegtia

Generic theropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Nemegtia 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 Nemegtia
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (70 Mya)
Place
Mongolia
Food
Omnivore
Clade
Oviraptoridae

Nemegtia is a genus of freshwater ostracods from the Late Cretaceous, known from the Nemegt Formation of Mongolia. The first fossils were collected from this formation by several Polish-Mongolian Palaeontological Expeditions during the years 1963 to 1965, and 1970 to 1971, and later described in 1978 by the Polish paleontologist . An earlier description of the 1960s was published in 1970 by Szczechura and colleague Janusz Błaszyk. Among the material, they coined the new ostracod species Cypridea biformata. This new species was re-examined by Szczechura in 1978 and concluded that it represented another species of the new genus Nemegtia, based on the species N. biformata, N. obliquecostae and N. reticulata.

What we know

  • Named by Szczechura, 1978.
  • Fossils found in Mongolia.

What we guess

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