Caudipteryx

DV-0411 · type species Caudipteryx zoui

Lived: 126 to 120 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet: Omnivore
Length: about 1 m (3 ft)
Group: Theropods
Found in: China
Named by: Ji et al. 1998

Field notes

About Caudipteryx

Caudipteryx was an omnivorous theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 126 to 120 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Caudipteryx, from China. Its fossils come from the Yixian Formation. It was named by Ji et al. in 1998.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

2 finds

125 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Caudipteryx?

Caudipteryx: about 1 m (3 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical theropod shape

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Oviraptorosauria.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: Q. Ji, P. J. Currie, and M. A. Norell, S.-A. Ji. 1998. Two feathered dinosaurs from northeastern China. Nature 393:753-762