Citipati Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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Nesting C. osmolskae specimen nicknamed "Big Mamma", housed at the AMNH | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Family: | †Oviraptoridae |
Genus: | †Citipati Clark, Norell & Barsbold, 2001 |
Species: | †C. osmolskae
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Binomial name | |
Citipati osmolskae Clark, Norell & Barsbold, 2001
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Citipati (pronounced [ˈtʃiːt̪ɪpət̪i] in Hindi, meaning 'funeral pyre lord') is a genus of oviraptorid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of what is now Mongolia.
The type species, Citipati osmolskae, was described in 2001. A second, as yet unnamed species may also exist. Citipati is often confused with the similar Oviraptor