Erlikosaurus

DV-0265

Lived: 94 to 84 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet: Carnivore
Length: about 3.4 m (11 ft)
Group: Theropods
Found in: Mongolia
Named by: Barsbold and Perle 1980

Field notes

About Erlikosaurus

Erlikosaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 94 to 84 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Erlikosaurus, from Mongolia. Its fossils come from the Baynshire Formation. It was named by Barsbold and Perle in 1980.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

90 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Erlikosaurus?

Erlikosaurus: about 3.4 m (11 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical theropod shape

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Therizinosauria.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: R. Barsbold and A. Perle. 1980. Segnosauria, a new infraorder of carnivorous dinosaurs. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 25(2):187-195