Gobivenator

Field photograph to come

DV-0889Djadokhta Fm., Mongolia

Gobivenator

DV-0889

Lived
84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet
Omnivore
Group
Theropods, Troodontidae
Found in
Mongolia
Named by
Tsuihiji et al. 2014

Field notes

About Gobivenator

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

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Gobivenator, from Mongolia. Its fossils come from the Djadokhta Formation. It was named by Tsuihiji et al. in 2014.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

80 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Troodontidae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: T. Tsuihiji, R. Barsbold, and M. Watanabe, K. Tsogbataar, T. Chinzorig, Y. Fujiyama, S. Suzuki. 2014. An exquisitely preserved troodontid theropod with new information on the palatal structure from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia. Naturwissenschaften 101:131-142