- Type of dinosaur:
- small theropod
- Length:
- 1.6m
- Diet:
- omnivorous
- When it lived:
- Late Cretaceous, 72-68 million years ago
- Found in:
- Mongolia
Nomingia is known from a partial postcranium. The skull has not been found, so this is reconstructed from similar dinosaurs.
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy:
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Caenagnathidae
- Named by:
- Barsbold, Osmólska, Watabe, Currie and Tsogtbaatar (2000)
- Type species:
- gobiensis
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