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Caudipteryx (meaning "tail feather") is a
genus of
small oviraptorosaur dinosaurs that
lived in Asia
during the
Early Cretaceous,
around 124.6 million...
- with or
without bony
crests atop the head. They
ranged in size from
Caudipteryx,
which was the size of a turkey, to the 8-meter-long, 1.4-ton Gigantoraptor...
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clade containing Caudipteryx zoui but not
Oviraptor philoceratops and
Caenagnathus collinsi". The
first caudipterid described was
Caudipteryx zoui (named in...
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Beipiaosaurus inexpectus (1999)
Sinornithosaurus millenii (1999)
Caudipteryx dongi (2000)
Caudipteryx sp. (2000)
Microraptor zhaoi**** (2000)
Nomingia gobiensis...
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known evidence of platelet-like melanosomes. In the 1998
description of
Caudipteryx,
Qiang et al.
noted the
existence of
preserved colour bands on the fossilized...
- such
dinosaurs as Psittacosaurus, Dongbeititan, Sinosauropteryx, and
Caudipteryx. Fish such as
Lycoptera would also have been prevalent.
Volcanic eruptions...
- Cast of a
Caudipteryx fossil with
feather impressions and
stomach content...
- Similicaudipteryx,
meaning "similar to
Caudipteryx" (which
itself means "tail feather"), is a
genus of
theropod dinosaur of the
family Caudipteridae....
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Caudipteryx spp....
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plant matter. A rare
example of this is the
Early Cretaceous theropod Caudipteryx zoui from
northeastern China,
which was
discovered with a
series of small...
