Oksoko
Field photograph to come
Oksoko
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- Lived
- 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Oviraptoridae
- Found in
- Mongolia
- Named by
- Funston et al. 2020
Field notes
About Oksoko
Oksoko was an omnivorous theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Oviraptoridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 3 finds of Oksoko, from Mongolia. Its fossils come from the Nemegt Formation. It was named by Funston et al. in 2020.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
70 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Oviraptoridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: G. F. Funston, T. Chinzorig, and K. Tsogtbaatar, Y. Kobayashi, C. Sullivan, P. J. Currie. 2020. A new two-fingered dinosaur sheds light on the radiation of Oviraptorosauria. Royal Society Open Science 7(104643):201184:1-15