[D] Conchoraptor gracilis [Eg] [Su] [sG] [T]
Describer
Barsbold, 1981 (partim)
Time
Cretaceous Late Campanian
Classification
Saurischia Theropoda Tetanurae Coelurosauria Maniraptora Oviraptorosauria Oviraptoridae
Diet
Carnivore
Fossilsite
Barun Goyot Formation, Red Beds of Khermeen Tsav [ Herem ], Omnogov, Mongolia
Length
1,3 meter
Info
Genus - Typespecies - Skull
Conchoraptor gracilis (Barsbold, 1986) >> Ingenia yanshini (2) (Barsbold, 1981) partim
Skull and associated fragmentary postcranium, 3 fragmentary postcrania. Conchoraptor gracilis was only about 1,3 ml. The skull has neither a crest nor a dome, the ilium is shallow, the second and third fingers are slender, and the claws were narrow and slightly curved. Nests and embryos are known from this animal, which appear to have broadedtheir eggs like birds. The second and third digits of the habd are subequal in length as in Oviraptor, but each ungual lacks the well-developed \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'lip\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' above the interphalangal articulation.
Barsbold, 1981 (partim)
Time
Cretaceous Late Campanian
Classification
Saurischia Theropoda Tetanurae Coelurosauria Maniraptora Oviraptorosauria Oviraptoridae
Diet
Carnivore
Fossilsite
Barun Goyot Formation, Red Beds of Khermeen Tsav [ Herem ], Omnogov, Mongolia
Length
1,3 meter
Info
Genus - Typespecies - Skull
Conchoraptor gracilis (Barsbold, 1986) >> Ingenia yanshini (2) (Barsbold, 1981) partim
Skull and associated fragmentary postcranium, 3 fragmentary postcrania. Conchoraptor gracilis was only about 1,3 ml. The skull has neither a crest nor a dome, the ilium is shallow, the second and third fingers are slender, and the claws were narrow and slightly curved. Nests and embryos are known from this animal, which appear to have broadedtheir eggs like birds. The second and third digits of the habd are subequal in length as in Oviraptor, but each ungual lacks the well-developed \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'lip\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' above the interphalangal articulation.