Family
Valid Extinct

Caudipterygidae

Osmólska et al. 2004

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Omnivore Ground dwelling (surface) Terrestrial
Caudipterygidae
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Caudipteryx zoui, Skelett - Untere Kreide - Liaoning/China - aufgenommen im Museum am Löwentor, Stuttgart © Ra'ike (see also: de:Benutzer:Ra'ike) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Tetanurae Unranked clade
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Coelurosauria Unranked clade
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Maniraptora Unranked clade
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Oviraptorosauria Infraorder
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Caudipterygidae Family
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
2
Geological formations
Yixian
1
Jiufotang
1
Temporal distribution
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
1
Barremian (125.77–121.4 Ma)
1
Synonyms (1)
Caudipteridae replaced by Caudipterygidae
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
H. Osmólska, P. J. Currie, and R. Barsbold. 2004. Oviraptorosauria. The Dinosauria (second edition). University of California Press, Berkeley DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
R. Qiu, X. Wang, and Q. Wang, N. Li, J. Zhang, Y. Ma. 2019. A new caudipterid from the Lower Cretaceous of China with information on the evolution of the manus of Oviraptorosauria. Scientific Reports 9(1):6431:1-10 DOI ↗
T. He, X.-L. Wang, and Z.-H. Zhou. 2008. A new genus and species of caudipterid dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of western Liaoning, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 46(3):178-189