- and two
metres long in most cases,
though some
possible oviraptorids were enormous.
Oviraptorids are
currently known only from the Late
Cretaceous of Asia...
-
other oviraptorids. The
palate is rigid,
extended below the jaw line and
formed by the premaxillae, vomers, and maxillae. As in
other oviraptorids, it may...
- is
known to nest in
large clutches like
oviraptorids.
Based on the
forelimb position of
nesting oviraptorids, Hopp and
Orsen proposed brooding as the...
- seen on
feathered specimens of
Caudipteryx and the
pygostyle of
several oviraptorids. As an oviraptorosaur,
Gigantoraptor was
likely feathered as well, however...
- like
other oviraptorids. The
palate was
strongly concave (downwards-projecting), and had a
cleft on the
central part. As in
other oviraptorids, it had a...
-
family of
flightless birds. The
discovery of
skeletons of the
related oviraptorids revealed that they were in fact non-avian theropods, and the discovery...
- ****igned to its own genus. The
oviraptorid diet is disputed, with
plants and
molluscs having been suggested. Like
other oviraptorids,
Khaan was
probably at least...
-
saurischian hip. Like
other late
oviraptorids (except Nomingia), the
pubis bone is
concave cranially. Like
other oviraptorids, the
obturator process is midway...
- care
continued long
after birth among ornithopods. A
specimen of the
oviraptorid Citipati osmolskae was
discovered in a chicken-like
brooding position...
-
behavior in
Deinonychus similar to that seen in the
related troodontids and
oviraptorids, or that the egg was in fact
inside the
oviduct when the
animal died...
