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Original drawing of Ondogurvel

sharp-clawed runner

Ondogurvel

Ondogurvel alifanovi

Ondogurvel ate 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
2022 · Averianov, A. O.; Lopatin, A. V.
Hip height
Not established
Length
0.8 m · 3 ft
Weight
Not established
Found in
Mongolia · Baruungoyot
Food and walking
Carnivore · Two legs
Kind
sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
Family branch
Parvicursorinae

The story in short

The genus Ondogurvel dates to 2022, the year A. O. Averianov and A. V. Lopatin described it.

It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from Mongolia, including the Baruungoyot Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.

Published estimates put Ondogurvel at a length near 0.8 m.

On the family tree it sits in Parvicursorinae, among the theropod dinosaurs.

Close relatives