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...

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

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...

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

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...

Caudipteryx spp....

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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

Grey heron and Caudipteryx skeletons...

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

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

triangular in shape but longer than other basal oviraptorosaurs like Caudipteryx, with a straight lower jaw unlike most other oviraptorosaurs. The arms...

with this assessment. Chinese and North American scientists described Caudipteryx and Protarchaeopteryx soon after. Based on skeletal features, these animals...

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

Caudipteryx Microvenator Oviraptoridae...

Caseosaurus Cathartesaura Cathetosaurus — possibly a species of Camarasaurus Caudipteryx Caudocoelus – junior synonym of Teinurosaurus Caulodon – junior synonym...