Yurgovuchia doellingi

† Yurgovuchia doellingi is the type species of Yurgovuchia, known from partial vertebrae and limb fragments. Its discovery in the Cedar Mountain Formation added another species to the diverse dromaeosaurid community of Early Cretaceous North America.

Diet & Feeding

Carnivore

Yurgovuchia doellingi was a meat-eating predator. Carnivorous dinosaurs were active hunters or scavengers, equipped with sharp teeth and claws for catching and consuming prey. They occupied the top of the food chain in their ecosystems.

Time Period

Cretaceous Early Mesozoic Era

Yurgovuchia doellingi lived during the Cretaceous Early period of the Mesozoic Era, approximately 145,0 to 100,5 million years ago.

The Cretaceous saw continued dinosaur evolution with the rise of ornithopods and early ceratopsians. Flowering plants first appeared and began to transform terrestrial ecosystems. Spinosaurus and other large theropods lived during this time.