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clade · 2 represented species

Oviraptorosauria

Oviraptorosauria is included in this curated classification as a clade within Maniraptora. Its displayed membership follows the simplified relationships used by this dataset.

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Oviraptorosauria

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Representative silhouette for Oviraptorosauria
2Direct child groups
2Countries represented
125–71 MaDataset range

Branch structure

Direct branches in this dataset

family

Caudipteridae

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Oviraptoridae

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Representative taxa

Dinosaurs in this branch

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
Feathered life reconstruction of Oviraptor philoceratopsArt by TotalDino · CC BY 4.0

Cretaceous

Oviraptor philoceratops

A small, toothless and probably feathered Mongolian theropod named as an egg thief after it was found above a nest. Embryos discovered decades later showed that the same egg type belonged to oviraptorids.

omnivore~1.8 m

Distribution

Geographic record

China · Mongolia

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

Sources

Further reading

Introduction to the DinosauriaDinosaur Paleobiology