Zanabazar

Field photograph to come

DV-0713Nemegt Fm., Mongolia

Zanabazar

DV-0713

Lived
72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet
Omnivore
Length
about 2.3 m (8 ft)
Group
Theropods, Troodontidae
Found in
Mongolia
Named by
Norell et al. 2009

Field notes

About Zanabazar

Zanabazar 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 Zanabazar, from Mongolia. Its fossils come from the Nemegt Formation. It was named by Norell et al. in 2009.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

70 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Zanabazar?

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Zanabazar: about 2.3 m (8 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical theropod shape

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Troodontidae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: M. A. Norell, P. J. Makovicky, and G. S. Bever, A. M. Balanoff, J. M. Clark, R. Barsbold, T. Rowe. 2009. A review of the Mongolian Cretaceous dinosaur Saurornithoides (Troodontidae: Theropoda). American Museum Novitates 3654:1-63