Conchoraptor
Field photograph to come
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
80 million years ago
To scale
How big was Conchoraptor?
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