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Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum Dinosaur Catalog

Oviraptor sp. Saurischia Theropoda

Skeleton of Oviraptor
Oviraptor is a bipedal and small, lightly built theropod dinosaur. Oviraptor is toothless and has a crest on the skull and an akinetic skull with a strong jaw, suggesting it had a strong bite force. Some skeletons of Oviraptor from Mongolia and China were discoverd lying on eggs, indicating that this dinosaur incubated eggs.

Figure of Oviraptor
Systematics
Theropoda
Age
Late Cretaceous
Estimated total length
1.7m
Locality
Mongolia
Exhibition place of Oviraptor
Dinosaur World > Saurischia
Oviraptor site : Mongolia