化石标本最初发现于蒙古戈壁沙漠阿尔坦—乌拉的上白垩统耐梅盖特组地层,保存较完整,包括一个完整头骨、下颚、部分脊柱、部分前肢、肩带、部分后肢、骨盆、叉骨。1986年蒙古地质研究所的瑞钦·巴斯保德研究认为,是盗蛋龙属的一个新种,命名为蒙古盗蛋龙(Oviraptor mongoliensis Fossil specimens were originally found in the Upper Cretaceous Memeitat Formation in the Altun-Wula area of ​​the Gobi Desert, Mongolia. They are well preserved and include a complete skull, mandible, part of the spine, part of the forelimb, shoulder straps, part of the hindlimb, pelvis, wishbone . In 1986, Ruichin Baspudde, from the Mongolia Institute of Geology, considered that it is a new species of the genus Epidodiaceae and is named Oviraptor mongoliensis