LegendaryRinchenia
Rinchenia mongoliensis
rin-CHEN-ee-ah· “for Rinchen”
🦕 Dinosaur🕰️ Cretaceous🍽️ omnivore🦴 Oviraptoridae
1.8 m
Length
1 m
Height
40 kg
Weight
A crested oviraptorosaur from Mongolia topped with a tall, rounded, helmet-like dome of bone. A toothless, feathered omnivore that likely ate plants, eggs and small animals.
When
Late Cretaceous, ~70 million years ago
Found in
Mongolia
Discovered
Rinchen Barsbold, 2004
Did you know?
- Crowned with a tall, rounded, helmet-like head crest.
- A feathered, toothless omnivore of the Gobi Desert.
- Named after Mongolian scholar Byambyn Rinchen.
Artwork: PaleoNeolitic, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.