Dinosauria › Reptilia › Theropoda › Oviraptoridae
Citipati
Citipati osmolskae Clark et al. 2001
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · 83.6–72.2 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
omnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
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 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%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Citipati sits in deep time
Citipati
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Citipati's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.