Citipati osmolskae dinosauriacreatures Altura 26 mm

Altura 26 mm

Its fossil remains have been found in the Halamagai Formation of northern China

which provided protection from predators and facilitated the care of young

Height 69 mm

which constituted its main diet

Citipati osmolskae dinosauriacreatures Altura 26 mmCitipati osmolskae is a species of theropod dinosaur belonging to the family Oviraptoridae, which lived during the late Cretaceous period, approximately 75 to 70 million years ago. Its fossils have been found in the Djadokhta Formation, in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia. The name Citipati comes from a Tibetan deity, while the specific epithet "osmolskae" honors Polish paleontologist Halszka Osmlska for her contributions to the study of Asian dinosaurs.