🇲🇳 Mongolia

Genera found in this country (35)

35 genres

Tarbosaurus

90 Ma

Dinosaurs Valid 27 occ.

Gallimimus

94 Ma

Dinosaurs Valid 15 occ.

Protoceratops

121 Ma

Dinosaurs Valid 12 occ.

Psittacosaurus

137 Ma

Dinosaurs Valid 11 occ.

Saurolophus

84 Ma

Dinosaurs Valid 11 occ.

Bagaceratops

84 Ma

Dinosaurs Valid 9 occ.

These giant footprints discovered in Mongolia force researchers to review the history of dinosaurs in this region

Dinosauria discovery Mongolia tracks

For more than 70 years, this paleontological site seemed to have disappeared. Reported in the mid-20th century in a remote region of northern Mongolia, its exact location ended up being lost in the vastness of the steppes. Its rediscovery, however, shakes up what scientists...

22/05/2026 futura-terre ⚙ traduction auto

Zavacephale: Beast of the Week

Cretaceous Dinosauria Early Cretaceous Mongolia Pachycephalosauria +2

 This week we'll be looking at a newly described little dinosaur that greatly expands our knowledge on one of the most unusual kinds of dinosaurs, the pachycephalosaurs.  Welcome Zavacephale rinpoche!Zavacephale lived in what is now Mongolia during the early Cretaceous period, between 119 and 110 million years ago.  From snout to tail the specimen found would have only been about three feet (1 meter) in length, but it likely would have been able to grow larger.  The genus name, Zavacephale, tran

21/09/2025 prehistoricbeastoftheweek

Sinosauropteryx

China Dinosauria fossil

Oviraptor

bone Dinosauria Fenestrosaurus

Barsboldia

Barsboldia formation Mongolia

Campanian Cenomanian Cretaceous

Barremian Bissekty Campanian

Argentina Australia Brazil

Quaesitosaurus

Cretaceous Dinosauria holotype

Bagaraatan formation Maastrichtian

Ceratonykus

Ceratonykus Cretaceous Late Cretaceous

Machairasaurus

China Cretaceous Dinosauria

Borogovia

Borogovia Campanian formation

Papiliovenator

China Cretaceous formation

Cretaceous formation juvenile

Bagaraatan formation Maastrichtian

Bagaraatan

Bagaraatan formation Maastrichtian

Formations géologiques (4)

Nemegt 316 Djadokhta 171 Baynshire 157 Baruungoyot 115

Plage temporelle

Groupe géologique · Membre

Bayn Dzak 46

Tugrugyin 31

Upper 18

Lower 14

Middle 1

Environnements de dépôt

Principaux collecteurs

Activité de collecte par décennie