Bagaraatan

small predator

• baga · Mongolian · small
• raatan · Mongolian · predator

Bagaraatan combines two Mongolian words meaning "small" and "predator", so it is the "small predator". It was named for a fairly small meat-eating theropod from the Nemegt Formation of Mongolia. The type species, B. ostromi, honours the American paleontologist John Ostrom.

Named by

Osmólska

Year named

1996

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Maastrichtian

Found in

Nemegt Formation, Gobi Desert, Mongolia

Known from limited remains. Its classification among coelurosaurian theropods has been debated, and some later work suggests the original material may include bones from more than one animal. Treat its relationships as uncertain.