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Gobivenator

Say it: GO-bee-ven-ay-tor

Name means: “Gobi Desert hunter”1

Ate: MeatRaptorsLate Cretaceous

Gobivenator was a tiny, bird-like dinosaur that lived in the Gobi Desert about 72 million years ago. It had a big brain and sharp claws, making it a clever hunter.1

Lived

84 to 72 million years ago2

Late Cretaceous

Fossils found in

Dzamin Khond locality, Djadokhta Formation, central Gobi Desert, Mongolia1 2

Food

Meat2 1

Length

1.7 m1

Weight

9 kg1

When did it live?

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

252 million years ago20114566, the asteroid

How big was it?

How long was it?

How heavy was it?

as heavy as 2 house cats

as long as 3 house cats nose to tailas long as 9 bananas end to endas heavy as 75 bananas

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Fun facts

Gobivenator is known from a single nearly complete skeleton, making it the most complete Late Cretaceous troodontid ever found.1

Its skull was preserved in three dimensions, not squashed flat, which is very rare for troodontid fossils.1

Gobivenator had a large brain for its size, meaning it was probably very smart and had keen senses.1

It had a sickle-claw on each foot, like a Velociraptor, which it used to grip and slash its prey.1

The name Gobivenator means 'Gobi Desert hunter' in Latin, because its fossils were found in the Gobi Desert.1

Gobivenator lived about 72 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous period.1

AI-made picture of Gobivenator — An AI-made picture of how Gobivenator might have looked, made by a computer from what scientists know. It is a guess: the real animal may have looked different, and nobody knows its true colours.

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Most asked questions about Gobivenator

?How big was Gobivenator?

Gobivenator was small, about 1.7 metres (5.6 feet) long and weighed about 9 kilograms (20 pounds).1

?What did Gobivenator eat?

Gobivenator was a carnivore or omnivore, meaning it ate meat and possibly plants. It had sharp claws and a big brain for hunting.2 1

?Was Gobivenator a dinosaur?

Yes, Gobivenator was a small, bird-like theropod dinosaur. It belonged to a group called troodontids.1

?When did Gobivenator live?

Gobivenator lived about 72 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.1

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Scientific name: Gobivenator
Named by: Tsuihiji et al. 20142
Group: Raptors
Family / clade: Troodontidae2
Classification: Theropoda > Troodontidae2
Age of the rocks: 84 to 72 million years (Campanian)2
Rock formations: Djadokhta2
Countries: Mongolia2
Fossil records: 1 in the Paleobiology Database2
Discovery: Gobivenator was named in 2014 by Takanobu Tsuihiji and a team of Japanese and Mongolian scientists. The skeleton was found by a Japanese-Mongolian expedition at the Dzamin Khond locality in the Gobi Desert.1 2
Still debated: Scientists are still debating exactly how Gobivenator is related to other troodontids like Troodon and Zanabazar.1

Where the facts come from

Gobivenator (en.wikipedia.org)
Gobivenator in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): age, places, rock formations, classification.

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