Segnosaurus Segnosaurus galbinensis Perle 1979
/sˌɛɡnəsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Santonian) · 100.5–83.6 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Where It Was Found
Country
Mongolia
Regions
Omnogov · Dornogov
Formation
Baynshire
Dig sites
3
distinct collections
Overview
Segnosaurus galbinensis is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 100.5–83.6 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling. Fossils have been recovered from Omnogov, Mongolia. It was named by Perle 1979. The species is represented by 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~11%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Segnosaurus galbinensis sits in deep time
Segnosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Segnosaurus galbinensis's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.