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sharp-clawed runner
Borogovia
Say it like this: “bor-o-GOH-vee-a”
Borogovia gracilicrus
Borogovia 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
- 1987 · Osmólska, H.
- Hip height
- 0.6 m · 2 ft
- Length
- 2 m · 7 ft
- Weight
- 20 kg · 44 lb
- Found in
- Mongolia · Nemegt
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Troodontinae
The story in short
The genus Borogovia dates to 1987, the year H. Osmólska described it. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
Fossils referred to Borogovia 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 Borogovia at a length near 2 m, hips about 0.6 m high, and a body mass around 20 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Troodontinae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Albertavenator
Albertavenator curriei
Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago
Byronosaurus
Byronosaurus jaffei
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Dinevenator
Dinevenator robustus
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago