Dinosaurs · Small theropod

Erlikosaurus

Say it er-lik-oh-sore-us. The name means ‘Erliks lizard’.

Erlikosaurus beside a person 1.75 m tall. Ticks mark every metre.Body shape drawn for this site, showing the general build of small theropods
Length
3.4 m
Diet
Ate plants and animals
When
Late Cretaceous99 to 89 million years ago
Fossils found in
Mongolia
Named by
Perle vide Barsbold and Perle (1980)
Family tree
Dinosauria › Saurischia › Theropoda › Therizinosauroidea › Therizinosauridae
TriassicJurassicCretaceousErlikosaurus252 Ma66 Ma
Where Erlikosaurus sits in the age of dinosaurs.Periods from the ICS chart; dinosaur dates from the Natural History Museum

Small theropods. Small two-legged dinosaurs, many feathered, the group that includes birds. See all 60

Lived at the same time

Other small theropods

Source: Erlikosaurus in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.