Name
Gobiraptor (Gobi thief).
Phonetic
Go-be-rap-tor.
Named By
Sungjin Lee, Yuong-Nam Lee, Anusuya Chinsamy, Junchang L�, Rinchen Barsbold & Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar - 2019.
Classification
Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Oviraptoridae.
Diet
Unknown.
Species
G. minutus
Size
Holotype roughly estimated to be about 1.3 meters long.
Known locations
Mongolia - Nemegt Formation.
Time Period
Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation
Partial skull and lower jaw. Partial post cranial skeleton including pelvis, caudal (tail vertebra), femur (thigh), foot bones, partial scapula (shoulder) and partial humerus (upper arm bone).
Gobiraptor is a genus of oviraptorid dinosaur that lived in Mongolia towards the end of the Late Cretaceous.
- A new baby oviraptorid dinosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Nemegt Formation of Mongolia. - PLOS ONE. 14 (2). - Sungjin Lee, Yuong-Nam Lee, Anusuya Chinsamy, Junchang L�, Rinchen Barsbold & Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar - 2019.
