Rinchenia
Rinchenia mongoliensis
Pronounced:
rin - Chen - ee
- uh
Diet:
Carnivore
(Meat-Eater)
Name Means:
Rinchens
Length:
8 feet (2.5 m)
Height:
4 feet (1.3 m)
Weight:
300 pounds (136
kilos)
Time:
Late Cretaceous
- 70 mya
Fossil
remains for
this
Dinosaur
have been
found in
Asia
Rinchenia looked
exactly like an
Oviraptor
In fact, many
scientists believe
that it was an
Oviraptor
The main difference
between the two
dinosaurs seems to
be the shape of the
crest on the top of
its head, and how
some of the bones
that attached to
this crest were
formed. It was a
swift hunter, but
there is still
debate about what it
hunted based on its
strange beak and
head, and it most
likely had feathers.
A bit more lightly
built than the other
Asian
Oviraptor
, the debate goes on
as to this
dinosaur's
classification. In
recent studies of
Oviraptor
, it appears that
each individual
would have had a
different crest
shape and size.
North American
members of this
family discovered to
date are
considerably larger
than their Asian
cousins. It is
possible that
Rinchenia merely
exhibits individual
traits and is in
fact an
Oviraptor
As of this writing,
it has not been
formally described. |
