Nemegtomaia

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DV-0584Baruungoyot Fm., Mongolia

Nemegtomaia

DV-0584 · type species Nemegtomaia barsboldi

Lived
84 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet
Omnivore
Group
Theropods, Oviraptoridae
Found in
Mongolia
Named by
Lü et al. 2005

Field notes

About Nemegtomaia

Nemegtomaia was an omnivorous theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Oviraptoridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 3 finds of Nemegtomaia, from Mongolia. Its fossils come from rocks including the Baruungoyot Formation and the Nemegt Formation. It was named by Lü et al. in 2005.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

3 finds

75 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Oviraptoridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. Lü, Y. Tomida, and Y. Azuma, Z. Dong, Y.-N. Lee. 2005. Nemegtomaia gen. nov., a replacement name for the oviraptorosaurian dinosaur Nemegtia Lü et al., 2004, a preoccupied name. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, Series C 31:51