[D] Nemegtomaia barsboldi [Su] [sG] [T]
Describer
Lü, Tomida, Azuma, Dong, and Lee, 2005
Time
Cretaceous Late Maastrichtian
Classification
Saurischia Theropoda Tetanurae Coelurosauria Maniraptora Oviraptorosauria Oviraptoridae
Diet
Carnivore
Fossilsite
\\\\\\\"Locality of Gradzinski et al. (1968)\\\\\\\", Nemegt Basin, southern Gobi Desert, Nemegt Formation, Mongolia
Info
Genus - Typespecies - Skull
Nemegtomaia barsboldi (Lü, Tomida, Azuma, Dong, and Lee, 2005) > Nemegtia barsboldi [Preoccupied by an ostracod from the same formation] (Lü, Tomida, Azuma, Dong, and Lee, 2005)
Nemegtomaia barsboldi (\\\\\\\"Nemegt mother\\\\\\\") differs from other oviraptorids in the skull having a well-developed crest, the anterior margin of which is nearly vertical, and the dorsal margin of the skull and the anterior margin of the crest form nearly 90°; the nasal process of the premaxilla being less exposed on the dorsal surface of the skull than those in other known oviraptorids; the length of the frontal being approximately one fourth that of the parietal along the midline of the skull. Phylogenetic analysis shows that Nemegtomaia barsboldi is more closely related to Citipati osmolskae than to any other oviraptorosaurs .
Lü, Tomida, Azuma, Dong, and Lee, 2005
Time
Cretaceous Late Maastrichtian
Classification
Saurischia Theropoda Tetanurae Coelurosauria Maniraptora Oviraptorosauria Oviraptoridae
Diet
Carnivore
Fossilsite
\\\\\\\"Locality of Gradzinski et al. (1968)\\\\\\\", Nemegt Basin, southern Gobi Desert, Nemegt Formation, Mongolia
Info
Genus - Typespecies - Skull
Nemegtomaia barsboldi (Lü, Tomida, Azuma, Dong, and Lee, 2005) > Nemegtia barsboldi [Preoccupied by an ostracod from the same formation] (Lü, Tomida, Azuma, Dong, and Lee, 2005)
Nemegtomaia barsboldi (\\\\\\\"Nemegt mother\\\\\\\") differs from other oviraptorids in the skull having a well-developed crest, the anterior margin of which is nearly vertical, and the dorsal margin of the skull and the anterior margin of the crest form nearly 90°; the nasal process of the premaxilla being less exposed on the dorsal surface of the skull than those in other known oviraptorids; the length of the frontal being approximately one fourth that of the parietal along the midline of the skull. Phylogenetic analysis shows that Nemegtomaia barsboldi is more closely related to Citipati osmolskae than to any other oviraptorosaurs .