Dinosaurs · Small theropod

Rinchenia

Say it rin-chen-ee-ah. The name means ‘Rinchen’.

Rinchenia 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: 2.5 m
Diet: Ate plants and animals
When: Late Cretaceous72 to 68 million years ago
Fossils found in: Mongolia
Named by: Barsbold (1986)
Family tree: Dinosauria › Saurischia › Theropoda › Neotheropoda › Tetanurae › Avetheropoda › Coelurosauria › Tyrannoraptora › Maniraptoriformes › Maniraptora › Oviraptorosauria › Caenagnathoidea › Oviraptoridae › Oviraptorinae

Where Rinchenia 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

Anserimimus · same country
Borogovia · same country
Heyuannia · same country
Homalocephale · same country
Microceratus · same country
Mononykus · same country
Nemegtosaurus · same country
Nomingia · same country

Other small theropods

Heyuannia Late Cretaceous
Nomingia Late Cretaceous
Velociraptor Late Cretaceous
Atrociraptor Late Cretaceous
Shuvuuia Late Cretaceous
Dromaeosaurus Late Cretaceous
Struthiomimus Late Cretaceous
Stenonychosaurus Late Cretaceous

Source: Rinchenia 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.