Gobivenator

Gobi hunter

• Gobi · Mongolian · Gobi Desert (a waterless or desert place)
• venator · Latin · hunter

The name combines "Gobi", for the Gobi Desert of Mongolia where the fossil was found, with the Latin "venator", meaning hunter. It means "Gobi hunter" and refers to this small predatory troodontid's desert homeland. The type species is Gobivenator mongoliensis.

Named by

Tsuihiji et al.

Year named

2014

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Campanian

Found in

Djadokhta Formation, Tögrög Shiree, Gobi Desert, Mongolia

A valid genus of small troodontid theropod dinosaur, known from a partial skeleton with a well-preserved skull. The exact age within the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) of the Djadokhta Formation is given with moderate confidence.