Gobiraptor

Go-be-rap-tor.
By Emerson Winslow
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Winslow, E. (2012, April 23). Gobiraptor. Prehistoric-wildlife. https://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/gobiraptor/

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Name

Gobiraptor ‭(‬Gobi thief‭)‬.

Phonetic

Go-be-rap-tor.

Named By

Sungjin Lee,‭ ‬Yuong-Nam Lee,‭ ‬Anusuya Chinsamy,‭ ‬Junchang L�,‭ ‬Rinchen Barsbold‭ & ‬Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar‭ ‬-‭ ‬2019.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Theropoda,‭ ‬Oviraptoridae.

Diet

Unknown.

Species

G.‭ ‬minutus‭

Size

Holotype roughly estimated to be about‭ ‬1.3‭ ‬meters long.

Known locations

Mongolia‭ ‬-‭ ‬Nemegt Formation.

Time Period

Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Partial skull and lower jaw.‭ ‬Partial post cranial skeleton including pelvis,‭ ‬caudal‭ (‬tail vertebra‭)‬,‭ ‬femur‭ (‬thigh‭)‬,‭ ‬foot bones,‭ ‬partial scapula‭ (‬shoulder‭) ‬and partial humerus‭ (‬upper arm bone‭)‬.

In Depth

       Gobiraptor is a genus of oviraptorid dinosaur that lived in Mongolia towards the end of the Late Cretaceous.‭

Further Reading

-‭ ‬A new baby oviraptorid dinosaur‭ (‬Dinosauria:‭ ‬Theropoda‭) ‬from the Upper Cretaceous Nemegt Formation of Mongolia.‭ ‬-‭ ‬PLOS ONE.‭ ‬14‭ (‬2‭)‬.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Sungjin Lee,‭ ‬Yuong-Nam Lee,‭ ‬Anusuya Chinsamy,‭ ‬Junchang L�,‭ ‬Rinchen Barsbold‭ & ‬Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar‭ ‬-‭ ‬2019.

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