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Rinchenia, the Glossary

Rinchenia (named after Byambyn Rinchen) is a genus of oviraptorid dinosaur that lived in Asia during the Late Cretaceous epoch in what is now Mongolia, Nemegt Formation, around 70 million years ago.^[1]

18 relations: Asia, Barun Goyot Formation, Byambyn Rinchen, Cassowary, Dinosaur, Genus, Gobi Desert, Holotype, Late Cretaceous, Linguistics, Mongolia, Nemegt Formation, Oviraptor, Oviraptoridae, Rinchen Barsbold, Specific name (zoology), Timeline of oviraptorosaur research, Type species.
Nemegt fauna
Taxa named by Rinchen Barsbold

Asia

Asia is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population.

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Barun Goyot Formation

The Barun Goyot Formation (also known as Baruungoyot Formation or West Goyot Formation) is a geological formation dating to the Late Cretaceous Period.

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Byambyn Rinchen

Byambyn Rinchen (Бямбын Ринчен; 21 November 1905 – 4 March 1977), also known as Rinchen Bimbayev, was a Mongolian scholar and writer.

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Cassowary

Cassowaries (muruk, kasuari, Biak: man suar, Papuan: kasu weri) are flightless birds of the genus Casuarius in the order Casuariiformes.

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Dinosaur

Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria.

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Genus

Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.

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Gobi Desert

The Gobi Desert (Говь) is a large, cold desert and grassland region in northern China and southern Mongolia and is the sixth largest desert in the world.

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Holotype

A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described.

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Late Cretaceous

The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale.

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Linguistics

Linguistics is the scientific study of language.

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Mongolia

Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south.

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Nemegt Formation

The Nemegt Formation (also known as Nemegtskaya Svita) is a geological formation in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia, dating to the Late Cretaceous.

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Oviraptor

Oviraptor is a genus of oviraptorid dinosaur that lived in Asia during the Late Cretaceous period. Rinchenia and oviraptor are Feathered dinosaurs and Late Cretaceous dinosaurs of Asia.

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Oviraptoridae

Oviraptoridae is a group of bird-like, herbivorous and omnivorous maniraptoran dinosaurs.

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Rinchen Barsbold

Rinchen Barsbold (Ринченгийн Барсболд, Rinchyengiin Barsbold, born December 21, 1935, in Ulaanbaatar) is a Mongolian paleontologist and geologist.

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Specific name (zoology)

In zoological nomenclature, the specific name (also specific epithet, species epithet, or epitheton) is the second part (the second name) within the scientific name of a species (a binomen).

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Timeline of oviraptorosaur research

This timeline of oviraptorosaur research is a chronological listing of events in the history of paleontology focused on the oviraptorosaurs, a group of beaked, bird-like theropod dinosaurs.

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Type species

In zoological nomenclature, a type species (species typica) is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen (or specimens).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinchenia

Also known as Oviraptor mongoliensis, Rinchenia mongoliensis.