Rinchenia
Field photograph to come
Rinchenia
DV-0407
- Lived
- 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Length
- about 2.5 m (8 ft)
- Group
- Theropods, Oviraptoridae
- Found in
- Mongolia
- Named by
- Barsbold 1997
Field notes
About Rinchenia
Rinchenia 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 1 find of Rinchenia, from Mongolia. Its fossils come from the Nemegt Formation. It was named by Barsbold in 1997.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
70 million years ago
To scale
How big was Rinchenia?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Oviraptoridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: R. Barsbold. 1997. Oviraptorosauria. The Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs