Yurgovuchia Yurgovuchia
"coyote"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Yurgovuchia 2.5 m (8.2 ft) long
2 people holding hands
- Length
- 2.5 m (8.2 ft)
- Period
- Early Cretaceous (139–134.6 Mya)
- Place
- North America · United States · Utah, USA
- Food
- Carnivore
Yurgovuchia (meaning “coyote”) is a genus of dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaurs that lived in North America during the Early Cretaceous period in what is now the Cedar Mountain Formation. It contains a single species, Yurgovuchia doellingi. The remains were discovered in Utah, United States.
What we know
- Named by Senter et al. 2012.
- Body length estimated at about 2.5 m.
- Fossils found in North America and United States.