Citipati osmolskae Scale:1:20 The Ichthyovenator fossil was discovered

The Ichthyovenator fossil was discovered at the Jehol site in northeast China's Liaoning province

Length 43mm

5 to 5 meters and a weight that could have reached between 1

hace aproximadamente 70 millones de años

Citipati osmolskae Scale:1:20 The Ichthyovenator fossil was discoveredCitipati osmolskae is a species of theropod dinosaur belonging to the family Oviraptoridae, which lived during the late Cretaceous period, approximately 75 to 70 million years ago. Its fossils have been found in the Djadokhta Formation, in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia. The name Citipati comes from a Tibetan deity, while the specific epithet "osmolskae" honors Polish paleontologist Halszka Osmlska for her contributions to the study of Asian dinosaurs.