Citipati osmolskae dinosauriacreatures Height 69 mm

Height 69 mm

is an ankylosaur dinosaur that lived during the early Cretaceous period

Height 125mm

with much of that length occupied by its long neck

Citipati osmolskae dinosauriacreatures Height 69 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.