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sharp-clawed runner
Gobiraptor
Say it like this: “GOH-bee-RAP-tor”
Gobiraptor minutus
Gobiraptor ate plants and 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
- 2019 · Lee, S.; Lee, Y. N.; Chinsamy, A.; Lü, J.; Barsbold, R.; Tsogtbaatar, K.
- Hip height
- 0.5 m · 2 ft
- Length
- 1.4 m · 5 ft
- Weight
- 13 kg · 29 lb
- Found in
- Mongolia · Nemegt
- Food and walking
- Omnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Heyuanninae
The story in short
The genus Gobiraptor dates to 2019, the year S. Lee and colleagues described it. The name means “gobi thief.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from Mongolia, including the Nemegt Formation. It was an omnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Gobiraptor at a length near 1.4 m, hips about 0.5 m high, and a body mass around 13 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Heyuanninae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Conchoraptor
Conchoraptor gracilis
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 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