- 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
Small theropods. Small two-legged dinosaurs, many feathered, the group that includes birds. See all 60
Lived at the same time
- Anserimimus · same country
- Borogovia · same country
- Heyuannia · same country
- Homalocephale · same country
- Microceratus · same country
- Mononykus · same country
- Nemegtosaurus · same country
- Opisthocoelicaudia · same country
Other small theropods
- Heyuannia Late Cretaceous
- Rinchenia Late Cretaceous
- Velociraptor Late Cretaceous
- Atrociraptor Late Cretaceous
- Shuvuuia Late Cretaceous
- Dromaeosaurus Late Cretaceous
- Struthiomimus Late Cretaceous
- Stenonychosaurus Late Cretaceous
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.