Tochisaurus
Field photograph to come
Tochisaurus
DV-0346 · type species Tochisaurus nemegtensis
- Lived
- 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Troodontidae
- Found in
- Mongolia
- Named by
- Kurzanov and Osmólska 1991
Field notes
About Tochisaurus
Tochisaurus was an omnivorous theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Troodontidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Tochisaurus, from Mongolia. Its fossils come from the Nemegt Formation. It was named by Kurzanov and Osmólska in 1991.
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 Troodontidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: S. M. Kurzanov and H. Osmólska. 1991. Tochisaurus nemegtensis gen. et sp. n., a new troodontid dinosaur (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from Mongolia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 36(1):69-76