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sharp-clawed runner
Conchoraptor
Say it like this: “KONG-ko-RAP-tor”
Conchoraptor gracilis
Conchoraptor ate plants and meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Mongolia.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 1986 · Barsbold, R.
- Hip height
- 0.7 m · 2 ft
- Length
- 1–2 m · 3–7 ft
- Weight
- 32 kg · 71 lb
- Found in
- Mongolia · Baruungoyot
- Food and walking
- Omnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Heyuanninae
The story in short
In 1986, R. Barsbold published the name Conchoraptor. The name means “conch plunderer.”
Fossils referred to Conchoraptor date to the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from Mongolia, including the Baruungoyot Formation. It was an omnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Conchoraptor at a length near 1–2 m, hips about 0.7 m high, and a body mass around 32 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Heyuanninae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Gobiraptor
Gobiraptor minutus
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
Heyuannia
Heyuannia huangi
Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago
Jiangxisaurus
Jiangxisaurus ganzhouensis
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago