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Gobiraptor fossil map

Where fossils of Gobiraptor have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 66 million years ago and on today’s map.

Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 66 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →

Gobiraptor
Image: 2019 Lee et al., CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
GroupTheropods
Lived72.2–66 million years ago (Maastrichtian)
PeriodsCretaceous
FamilyOviraptoridae
Named byLee et al. 2019
Fossil records1 occurrences at 1 locations (PBDB)
Found inMongolia
Rock formationsNemegt

About Gobiraptor

Gobiraptor is a genus of oviraptorid maniraptoran dinosaur from the Maastrichtian-aged Nemegt Formation of Mongolia. The type and only species is Gobiraptor minutus, known from a single incomplete specimen—the holotype MPC-D 102/111. It has been found not to be closely related to the other oviraptorids it shared its environment with.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Gobiraptor (revision 1334826813), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q61607177.

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