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🧬 Biological Classification (Kingdom to Species)Gigantoraptor erlianensis

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Family

Caenagnathidae

Genus

Gigantoraptor

Species

Gigantoraptor erlianensis

Reptilia🍂 Omnivore

Gigantoraptor

Gigantoraptor erlianensis (Gigantoraptor · Gigantoraptor)

🛡️ Conservation Status (IUCN Red List)FOSSIL (Extinct Fossil)

Known only from fossils. The IUCN Red List assesses only species extant since 1500 CE, so fossil taxa are not assigned a category.

Geological Era

Late Cretaceous (~83.6 MYA)

Diet

Omnivore

Length · Height

8m · No data

Mass · Top Speed

2t · No data

Habitat & Fossil Locality

Late Cretaceous land in the Inner Mongolia region of China

💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed

💡 An estimated body length of 8 m is just short of the length of two passenger cars (about 4.5 m each) (Comparison).
💡 An estimated weight of about 2,000 kg is similar to the weight of a single full-size SUV (Comparison).

Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.

📊 Mass & Speed Index (0–100)

⚖️ Mass Index (Blue Whale ~190 t = 100, log scale)76

Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.

#기간토랍토르#Gigantoraptor erlianensis

📖 1. Overview

Gigantoraptor erlianensis (genus Gigantoraptor) was a dinosaur that lived in what is now Inner Mongolia about 96 million years ago and is the largest among oviraptorosaurs.

🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology

Oviraptorosaurs are a group with parrot-like skulls and beaks, and Gigantoraptor also had a toothless beak. Despite "raptor" in its name, it was a large theropod rather than a dromaeosaurid.

🔍 3. Fossil Record & Paleoecology

It is thought to have eaten mainly plants as well as meat. The large leg bones first uncovered were initially thought to belong to a sauropod, and the known lower jaw belonged to an individual about 12 years old.