Citipati osmolskae dinosauriacreatures Length 36mm

Length 36mm

is an ankylosaur dinosaur that lived during the early Cretaceous period

Its fossil remains have been found in the Halamagai Formation of northern China

with much of that length occupied by its long neck

Citipati osmolskae dinosauriacreatures Length 36mmCitipati 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.