Nomingia

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Nomingia was an omnivore (ate meat and plants) that lived from 70 to 65 million years ago

Related Information & Resources

• Asian Dinosaurs - Nomingia lived in Mongolia.
  
  
• Cretaceous Period - Nomingia lived between about 70 million years ago and 65 million years ago, during the late Cretaceous period
  
  
• Dinosaur Extinction - Nomingia died out during the Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction
  
  
• Dinosaur Names
  
  
• Dinosaur Types
  
  
• Saurischian Dinosaurs
  
  
• Theropod Dinosaurs

Nomingia Facts

Here is a summary of some of the key facts about Nomingia: Nomingia was a genus of dinosaur. "Nomingia" refers to a part of the Gobi desert near where this dinosaur was first found, the Nomingiin Gobi. Nomingia was a member of the Saurischia ("lizard-hipped") order of dinosaurs. What this means, is that although Nomingia was not closely related to lizards, it did have similarly shaped pelvic bones. Nomingia was a Theropod - a member of a group of related bipedal dinosaurs that included the ancestors of birds (although Nomingia was not itself an ancestor of birds). Nomingia lived between about 70 million years ago and 65 million years ago, during the late Cretaceous period. Nomingia was one of the dinosaurs which died out during the Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction at the end of the Mesozoic Era. Nomingia lived in Mongolia. Nomingia was a omnivore (ate both meat and plants). Nomingia was about 5 feet (1.6 meters) long. Nomingia weighed about 45 pounds (20 kilograms).

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