Yurgovuchia
Field photograph to come
Yurgovuchia
DV-0838
- Lived
- 139 to 133 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Dromaeosauridae
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Senter et al. 2012
Field notes
About Yurgovuchia
Yurgovuchia was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 139 to 133 million years ago. It belongs to the family Dromaeosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Yurgovuchia, from Utah. Its fossils come from the Cedar Mountain Formation. It was named by Senter et al. in 2012.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
135 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Dromaeosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: P. Senter, J. I. Kirkland, and D. D. DeBlieux, S. Madsen, N. Toth. 2012. New dromaeosaurids (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Lower Cretaceous of Utah, and the evolution of the dromaeosaurid tail. PLoS ONE 7(5):e36790