Dinosaurs · Small theropod

Nomingia

Say it noh-ming-ee-uh. The name means ‘Nomingiin’.

Nomingia 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
1.6 m
Diet
Ate plants and animals
When
Late Cretaceous72 to 68 million years ago
Fossils found in
Mongolia
Named by
Barsbold, Osmólska, Watabe, Currie and Tsogtbaatar (2000)
Family tree
Dinosauria › Saurischia › Theropoda › Caenagnathidae
TriassicJurassicCretaceousNomingia252 Ma66 Ma
Where Nomingia 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: Nomingia 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.