- Type of dinosaur:
- small theropod
- Length:
- 3.4m
- Diet:
- omnivorous
- When it lived:
- Late Cretaceous, 99-89 million years ago
- Found in:
- Mongolia
Erlikosaurus is known from a skull and partial skeleton.
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy:
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Therizinosauroidea, Therizinosauridae
- Named by:
- Perle vide Barsbold and Perle (1980)
- Type species:
- andrewsi
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