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sharp-clawed runner · Disputed
Bagaraatan
Say it like this: “BAH-gah-RAH-tan”
Bagaraatan ostromi
Bagaraatan ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Mongolia.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 1996 · Osmólska, H.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 3–3.5 m · 10–11 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Mongolia · Nemegt
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Tyrannosauridae
The story in short
Bagaraatan was formally named in 1996 by H. Osmólska. The name means “small predator.”
Fossils referred to Bagaraatan date to the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from Mongolia, including the Nemegt Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Bagaraatan at a length near 3–3.5 m.
On the family tree it sits in Tyrannosauridae, among the theropod dinosaurs.