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English: Illustration of Oviraptor in its nest, based on fossil evidence.
  • The first known skeleton of Oviraptor (found in the Gobi Desert in 1923), were found in association with a nest with filled with several large eggs. The discoverers thought the eggs belonged to the Protoceratops and that the skeleton found in association with them were from a bird-like dinosaur which died in the process of plundering the nest, inspiring Henry Farfield Osborn to name the new genus and species Oviraptor philoceratops ("Egg-thief that likes horned faces"). Findings in the early 1990s, however, revealed that the baked potato-shaped eggs actually belonged to Oviraptor itself, suggesting that the "egg-thief" died in the process of practicing parental care. Fossil remains also indicate that oviraptorosaurs incubated their eggs by laing on them and covering them with their forelimbs.[1]
  • As the holotype skull of Oviraptor are crushed,[2] the exact shape of its head crest are not clear. I have restored it with close relatives like Citipati in mind.

References

  1. ↑ Norell M.A. et.al. (1995). "A nesting dinosaur". Nature 378(6559): p. 774-776. doi.org/10.1038/378774a0
  2. ↑ File:Oviraptor skull.jpg
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current17:18, 22 April 2023Thumbnail for version as of 17:18, 22 April 20232,730 × 1,465 (1.36 MB)ContyEdit head to more closely resemble that of the closely related Citipati
13:33, 10 December 2021Thumbnail for version as of 13:33, 10 December 20212,730 × 1,617 (471 KB)ContyNew, more accurate version.
14:23, 17 April 2009Thumbnail for version as of 14:23, 17 April 20091,968 × 1,360 (331 KB)Conty{{Information |Description={{en|1=Illustration of the theropod dinosaur ''Oviraptor'' on its nest.}} |Source=Uppladdarens egna verk (uploader's own work) |Author=Conty |Date= |Permission= |other_versions= }} <!--{{ImageUpload|full}
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