Citipati Citipati osmolskae Clark et al. 2001
/sˌɪɾɪpˈɑːɾi/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · 83.6–72.2 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
omnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Where It Was Found
Country
Mongolia
Region
Omnogov
Formation
Djadokhta
Dig sites
2
distinct collections
Overview
Citipati osmolskae is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 83.6–72.2 million years ago. It was an omnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling. Fossils have been recovered from Omnogov, Mongolia. It was named by Clark et al. 2001. The species is represented by 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~8%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Citipati osmolskae sits in deep time
Citipati
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Citipati osmolskae's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.