Genus
Valid Extinct

Rinchenia

Barsbold 1997

Rinchenia is a genus of oviraptorid dinosaur that lived in Asia during the Late Cretaceous epoch in what is now Mongolia, Nemegt Formation. The type and only known species, Rinchenia mongoliensis, was originally classified as a species within the genus Oviraptor, but a subsequent reexamination found differences significant enough to warrant a separate genus. The name Rinchenia was coined for this new genus, though not formally described in detail.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Omnivore Ground dwelling (surface) Terrestrial
Rinchenia
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Skull of MPC-D 100/32-a (Rinchenia mongoliensis). © Gregory F. Funston, Tsogtbaatar Chinzorig, Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar, Yoshitsugu Kobayashi, Corwin Sullivan & Philip J. Currie · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
Rinchenia
Rinchenia
PBDB Wikipedia
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Theropoda Unranked clade
Neotheropoda Unranked clade
Averostra Unranked clade
Tetanurae Unranked clade
Coelurosauria Unranked clade
Maniraptora Unranked clade
Oviraptorosauria Infraorder
Oviraptoridae Family
Citipatinae Subfamily
Rinchenia Genus
Measurements
Length
2,2 m
Rinchenia mongoliensis
2,5 m
Mass
36 kg
Rinchenia mongoliensis
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇳 Mongolia
1
Geological formations
Nemegt
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Rinchenia mongoliensis 72 Ma
Images 10
Bibliography
Original description
R. Barsbold. 1997. Oviraptorosauria. The Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs
Bibliography (1)
P. J. Currie. 2000. Theropods from the Cretaceous of Mongolia. The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia