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sharp-clawed runner
Nemegtomaia
Nemegtomaia barsboldi
Nemegtomaia 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 · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 2005 · Lü, J.; Tomida, Y.; Azuma, Y.; Dong, Z.; Lee, Y. N.
- Hip height
- 0.7 m · 2 ft
- Length
- 2 m · 7 ft
- Weight
- 40 kg · 88 lb
- Found in
- Mongolia · Nemegt
- Food and walking
- Omnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Heyuanninae
The story in short
Nemegtomaia was formally named in 2005 by J. Lü and colleagues. The name means “good mother.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian), roughly 83.6 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 Nemegtomaia at a length near 2 m, hips about 0.7 m high, and a body mass around 40 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
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