Borogovia
Sign in to saveBorogovia is a troodontid theropod dinosaur genus which lived during the Late Cretaceous Period, in what is now Mongolia. It contains one species, Borogovia gracilicrus.
Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Troodontidae
- Image
- Borogovia.jpg
- Length
- 1.5
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- genus
- taxon name
- Borogovia
- Commons category
- Borogovia
- time period
- Late Cretaceous
- location of discovery
- Mongolia
- main food source
- carnivore
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Borogovia is a troodontid theropod dinosaur genus which lived during the Late Cretaceous Period, in what is now Mongolia. It contains one species, Borogovia gracilicrus.
== Discovery and naming == left|thumb|upright|The generic name Borogovia is derived from the 'borogoves' In 1971, a Polish-Mongolian expedition discovered the remains of a small theropod at the Altan Uul IV site, in the Nemegt Basin of Ömnögovĭ province. In 1982, upon describing Hulsanpes perlei, the find was reported by Halszka Osmólska and considered by her to be a possible specimen of Saurornithoides. Later she concluded that it represented a species new to science.
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