Citipati
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Citipati
DV-0476 · type species Citipati osmolskae
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Length
- about 2.1 m (7 ft)
- Group
- Theropods, Oviraptoridae
- Found in
- Mongolia
- Named by
- Clark et al. 2001
Field notes
About Citipati
Citipati was an omnivorous theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Oviraptoridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Citipati, from Mongolia. Its fossils come from the Djadokhta Formation. It was named by Clark et al. in 2001.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
To scale
How big was Citipati?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Oviraptoridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. M. Clark, M. A. Norell, and R. Barsbold. 2001. Two new oviraptorids (Theropoda: Oviraptorosauria), Upper Cretaceous Djadokhta Formation, Ukhaa Tolgod, Mongolia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(2):209-213