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Oviraptorosaurs

Anzu
Caudipteryx Ajancingenia had a

very short, deep skull
with a powerful beak.
The skull had
small teeth at the Ajancingenia
front of the upper jaw, The dinosaur could
but no chewing teeth. probably fan out the
long feathers on its tail
to enhance its displays.

Long legs would have
made Caudipteryx a
fast runner.
About 26 ft (8 m) long and
weighing as much as a car,
this enormous oviraptorosaur
is far bigger than any of
its known relatives.

Huanansaurus

Like all oviraptorosaurs,
Gigantoraptor almost certainly had
Discovered in 2015, long, flamboyant feathers on its arms.
Huanansaurus lived about
72 million years ago in what
is now eastern China.

In 1923, a group of American fossil hunters Much later, in the 1990s, it became clear that
in Mongolia discovered the first complete the eggs were its own and that it was actually
dinosaur eggs. They also found the skull of an looking after them. Despite this, the name
odd-looking dinosaur close by. They assumed stuck and is now used to describe several
it was trying to eat the eggs and called the animals with the same features—the
116 dinosaur Oviraptor, which means “egg thief.” oviraptorosaurs. They belonged to a group

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