Nernegtia barsboldi gen. et sp. nov. here described is a new oviraptorid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous (mid-Maastrichtian) Nemegt Formation of southwestern Mongolia. It differs from other oviraptorids in the skull having a well-developed crest. the anterior margin of which is nearly vertical. and the dorsal margin of the skull and the anterior margin of the crest form nearly 90; the nasal process of the premaxilla being less exposed on the dorsal surface of the skull than those in other known oviraptorids: the length of the frontal being approximately one fourth that of the parietal along the midline of the skull. Phylogenetic analysis shows that Nerncgtia ha,-sboldi is more closely related to Citipati osrnolskae than to any other oviraptorosaurs.
