[D] Oviraptor mongoliensis [Eg] [Su]
Describer
Barsbold, 1986
Time
Cretaceous Late Campanian Maastrichtian
Classification
Saurischia Theropoda Tetanurae Coelurosauria Maniraptora Oviraptorosauria Oviraptoridae
Diet
Carnivore
Fossilsite
Nemegt Formation, Altan-Uul, Omnogov, Mongolia
Fall Under
Rinchenia mongoliensis
Length
2,50 meter
Info
Skull - Eggs
Rinchenia mongoliensis (Barsbold, 1986 vide Barsbold, 1997) >> Oviraptor mongoliensis (Barsbold, 1986)
Oviraptor mongoliensis differs from Oviraptor philoceratops in having a higher, dome-like crest and being more lightly built.