Caudipteryx (meaning "tail feather") is a genus of small oviraptorosaur dinosaurs that lived in Asia during the Early Cretaceous, around 124.6 million...

with or without bony crests atop the head. They ranged in size from Caudipteryx, which was the size of a turkey, to the 8-meter-long, 1.4-ton Gigantoraptor...

Similicaudipteryx, meaning "similar to Caudipteryx" (which itself means "tail feather"), is a genus of theropod dinosaur of the family Caudipteridae....

known evidence of platelet-like melanosomes. In the 1998 description of Caudipteryx, Qiang et al. noted the existence of preserved colour bands on the fossilized...

Beipiaosaurus inexpectus (1999) Sinornithosaurus millenii (1999) Caudipteryx dongi (2000) Caudipteryx sp. (2000) Microraptor zhaoianus (2000) Nomingia gobiensis...

Caudipteryx dongi Caudipteryx zoui...

clade containing Caudipteryx zoui but not Oviraptor philoceratops and Caenagnathus collinsi". The first caudipterid described was Caudipteryx zoui (named in...

Cast of a Caudipteryx fossil with feather impressions and stomach content...

such dinosaurs as Psittacosaurus, Dongbeititan, Sinosauropteryx, and Caudipteryx. Fish such as Lycoptera would also have been prevalent. Volcanic eruptions...

and described in 2019. It was placed in the Caudipteridae, alongside Caudipteryx and Similicaudipteryx. The holotype specimen of Xingtianosaurus ganqi...

Timeline of ceratopsian research Creisler, B. (1999). "Beipiaosaurus and Caudipteryx pronunciation". Dinosaur Mailing List (Mailing list). Retrieved September...

Grey heron and Caudipteryx skeletons...

plant matter. A rare example of this is the Early Cretaceous theropod Caudipteryx zoui from northeastern China, which was discovered with a series of small...

known to have developed feathers, as seen on feathered specimens of Caudipteryx and the pygostyle of several oviraptorids. As an oviraptorosaur, Gigantoraptor...

Caudipteryx spp....

Caudipteryx Microvenator Oviraptoridae...

Grallator tracks identified from the Yixian Formation may have been left by Caudipteryx. Source: Subgenus G. (Coelurosaurichnus) G. (C.) palmipes G. (C.) p....

these patterns to Mesozoic pennaraptorans, the authors suggest that Caudipteryx and anchiornithines may have been secondarily flightless. A study on...

second finger that have been found in other oviraptorosaurs such as Caudipteryx, it would not have been able to engage in such behavior. In 2001, Bruce...

feathers were discovered previously, Protarchaeopteryx, Sinosauropteryx, Caudipteryx, and Beipiaosaurus. Sinornithosaurus was the first dromaeosaurid discovered...

the base of the oviraptorosaurian group, making it more primitive than Caudipteryx and the oviraptorids. A subsequent study by Osmolska et al. in 2004 described...

they lacked the extreme cursorial specializations seen in avimimids and Caudipteryx. The family Caenagnathidae, together with its sister group the Oviraptoridae...

described the new genus and species Caudipteryx zoui. Ji and others reported the presence of gastroliths in Caudipteryx. These are evidence for an herbivorous...

taxon of Oviraptorosauria, a group that also had feathered forms (e.g. Caudipteryx), Bambiraptor most likely had feathers too due to phylogenetic bracketing...

Avimimus Incisivosaurus Kol? Ningyuansaurus Protarchaeopteryx Yuanyanglong Scansoriopterygidae? Caudipteridae Caudipteryx Similicaudipteryx Xingtianosaurus...

has also been reported in Sphenodon and fossil vertebrates including Caudipteryx, oviraptorids, dromaeosaurids, Confuciusornis, Chaoyangia, and Longipteryx;...

Nomingia is not known. It is notable however that its older relative Caudipteryx had no pygostyle but a "fan" of symmetrical feathers which were probably...

Deinonychosauria. In 1998, the discovery of a feathered oviraptorosaurian, Caudipteryx zoui, challenged the notion of feathers as a structure exclusive to Avialae...

Triassic reptile Longisquama and theropod dinosaur (or fossil bird) Caudipteryx and Dakotaraptor. According to the University of Kansas, he "has been...

close relatives were found with feathers preserved (including species of Caudipteryx, Protarchaeopteryx and Similicaudipteryx). Another finding pointing to...