Gobivenator
Field photograph to come
Gobivenator
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- 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
80 million years ago
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