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sharp-clawed runner
Rinchenia
Say it like this: “rin-chen-ee-ah”
Rinchenia mongoliensis
Rinchenia 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
- 1997 · Barsbold, R.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 1.7 m · 6 ft
- Weight
- 25 kg · 55 lb
- Found in
- Mongolia · Nemegt
- Food and walking
- Omnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Citipatiinae
The story in short
In 1997, R. Barsbold published the name Rinchenia. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
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 Rinchenia at a length near 1.7 m and a body mass around 25 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Citipatiinae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Citipati
Citipati osmolskae
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Corythoraptor
Corythoraptor jacobsi
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
Ganzhousaurus
Ganzhousaurus nankangensis
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago