Oviraptor was a omnivore. It lived in the Cretaceous period and inhabited Asia. Its fossils have been found in places such as Batken Region (Kyrgyzstan) and Ömnögovi (Mongolia).
Quick facts about Oviraptor:
- Existed from Coniacian Age to 70.6 million years ago
- Lived in a terrestrial habitat
- Was a omnivore
- Reproduced by laying eggs
- 2 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Oviraptor was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- W. Granger and W. K. Gregory. 1923. Protoceratops andrewsi, a pre-ceratopsian dinosaur from Mongolia, with an appendix on the structural relationships of the Protoceratops beds. American Museum Novitates 72:1-9
- A. N. Riabinin. 1937. O nakhodke shlemonosnykh form Dinosauria verkhnemelovykh otlozheniyakh yuzhnogo Kazakhstana [The discovery of crested forms of Upper Cretaceous dinosaurs in southern Kazakhstan]. Priroda 1937(9):91
