Conchoraptor

Field photograph to come

DV-0312Baruungoyot Fm., Mongolia

Conchoraptor

DV-0312 · type species Conchoraptor gracilis

Lived
84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet
Omnivore
Length
about 1.5 m (5 ft)
Group
Theropods, Oviraptoridae
Found in
Mongolia
Named by
Barsbold 1986

Field notes

About Conchoraptor

Conchoraptor was an omnivorous theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Oviraptoridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Conchoraptor, from Mongolia. Its fossils come from the Baruungoyot Formation. It was named by Barsbold in 1986.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

2 finds

80 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Conchoraptor?

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Conchoraptor: about 1.5 m (5 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical theropod shape

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Oviraptoridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: T. Maryanska, H. Osmólska, and M. Wolsan. 2002. Avialan status for Oviraptorosauria. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 47(1):97-116