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Oviraptor
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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.
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- Pronounced
- OH-vee-RAP-tor
- Meaning of name
- egg thief
- Length
- 2m
- Height
- 1m
- Weight
- 20kg - 30kg
- Teeth
- beak, no teeth
- Diet
- omnivorous
- Food
- hard fruits, eggs, and possibly shellfish
- How it moved
- on 2 legs
- When it lived
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Late Cretaceous
(85 - 75 million years ago) - Found in
- Mongolia
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Neotherapoda, Tetanurae, Avetherapoda, Coelurosauria, Tyrannoraptora, Maniraptoriformes, Maniraptora, Oviraptorosauria, Caenagnathoidea, Oviraptoridae, Oviraptorinae, Oviraptor
- Named by
- Osborn (1924)
- Type species
- philoceratops
