Borogovia

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iBorogovia
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
Family: Troodontidae
Genus: Borogovia
Binomial name
Borogovia gracilicrus
Osmolska, 1987

Borogovia was a theropod dinosaur which lived during the Late Cretaceous Period, in what is now Mongolia. The agile carnivorous troodontid takes its name from creatures known as 'borogoves' in the Lewis Carroll poem, Jabberwocky.

Known only by partial hind limbs, the Borogovia was 2 meters (6 feet) long and weighed 13 kilograms (27 pounds).

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