Conchoraptor
| Conchoraptor Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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| Cast mounted in a nesting position | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Family: | †Oviraptoridae |
| Subfamily: | †Heyuanninae |
| Genus: | †Conchoraptor Barsbold, 1986 |
| Species: | †C. gracilis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Conchoraptor gracilis Barsbold, 1986
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Conchoraptor (meaning "conch plunderer") is a genus of oviraptorid dinosaurs that lived in Asia during the Late Cretaceous epoch, about 70 million years ago. It is known from the Barun Goyot and possibly the Nemegt formation of Mongolia.