- Type of dinosaur:
- small theropod
- Length:
- 2.0m
- Weight:
- 20kg
- Diet:
- omnivorous
- Teeth:
- beak, no teeth
- Food:
- hard fruits, eggs, and possibly shellfish
- How it moved:
- on 2 legs
- When it lived:
- Late Cretaceous, 85-75 million years ago
- Found in:
- Mongolia
The curved upper and lower jaws of Oviraptor would have been able to crush even hard objects. This dinosaur may have eaten eggs, or fed on fish and shellfish.
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy:
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Neotheropoda, Tetanurae, Avetheropoda, Coelurosauria, Tyrannoraptora, Maniraptoriformes, Maniraptora, Oviraptorosauria, Caenagnathoidea, Oviraptoridae, Oviraptorinae
- Named by:
- Osborn (1924)
- Type species:
- philoceratops
