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Dinosaur: Nemegtonykus citus
| Length*: | 1.15 m | 3.8 ft |
| Weight*: | 2.7 kg | 6 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Early Maastrichtian
Years: 72.1–66 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Lee et al.
Year: 2019
Distribution
Area: Asia
Country: Mongolia
Region: Ömnögovi
Formation: Nemegt
Locations
Sources
Material: A large part of the skeleton without skull.
References: Sungjin Lee, Jin-Young Park, Yuong-Nam Lee, Su-Hwan Kim, Junchang LÃ, Rinchen Barsbold & Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar (2019) A new alvarezsaurid dinosaur from the Nemegt Formation of Mongolia.
