Oviraptoridae
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Oviraptoridae is a group of bird-like, herbivorous or omnivorous maniraptoran dinosaurs. Oviraptorids are characterized by their toothless, parrot-like beaks and, in some cases, elaborate crests. They were generally small, measuring between one and two metres long in most cases, though some possible oviraptorids were enormous. Oviraptorids are currently known only from the Late Cretaceous in Asia, with the most well-known species and complete specimens found only in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia and northwestern China.
Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Caenagnathoidea
- Image
- Oviraptor Senckenberg.jpg
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- start time
- 84000000-0
- end time
- 66000000-0
- Commons category
- Oviraptoridae
- taxon name
- Oviraptoridae
- taxon rank
- family
- topic's main category
- Category:Oviraptoridae
- time period
- Cretaceous
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Description
- Classification
- Paleobiology
- Diet
- Reproduction
- Metabolism
- Feathers
- Pathology
- Paleoenvironment
- See also
- References
Oviraptoridae is a group of bird-like, herbivorous or omnivorous maniraptoran dinosaurs. Oviraptorids are characterized by their toothless, parrot-like beaks and, in some cases, elaborate crests. They were generally small, measuring between one and two metres long in most cases, though some possible oviraptorids were enormous. Oviraptorids are currently known only from the Late Cretaceous in Asia, with the most well-known species and complete specimens found only in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia and northwestern China.
==Description==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oviraptoridae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.