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family · 1 represented species

Caudipteridae

Caudipteridae is a family of small, feathered Early Cretaceous oviraptorosaurs known from northeastern China.

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Caudipteridae

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Representative silhouette for Caudipteridae
1Direct child groups
1Countries represented
125–122 MaDataset range

Branch structure

Direct branches in this dataset

genus

Caudipteryx

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Representative taxa

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Feathered life reconstruction of Caudipteryx zouiArt by TotalDino · CC BY-SA 4.0

Cretaceous

Caudipteryx zoui

A small, flightless oviraptorosaur whose exquisite Liaoning fossils preserve downy body covering and symmetrical wing and tail feathers.

omnivore~0.8 m

Distribution

Geographic record

China

Country-level summary of represented seed records, not a complete range map.

Sources

Further reading

Introduction to the DinosauriaDinosaur Paleobiology