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What is Oviraptorosauria?

Pronunciation: O-vee-RAP-tuh-ro-SOH-ree-uh
Author: Rinchen Barsbold
Year: 1976
Meaning: Egg plundering lizards (see etymology)
Locomotion: Bipedal (two legs)
Synonyms: Caenagnathiformes (Sternberg, 1940)
Avimimiformes (Chatterjee, 1991)
Definition:
The most inclusive clade containing Oviraptor philoceratops but not Therizinosaurus cheloniformis, Ornithomimus edmontonicus, Troodon formosus, Tyrannosaurus rex, and Passer domesticus.
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Etymology
Oviraptorosauria is derived from the Latin "ovum" (egg) and "raptor" (plunderer, robber, thief), the Greek "sauros" (lizard) and the Latin "-ia" (neuter plural), named for group anchor Oviraptor—the original "egg plunderer" who did no such thing!
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Further reading
• Osborn HF (November 7th, 1924) "Three new Theropoda, Protoceratops zone, central Mongolia". American Museum novitates; no. 144
• Paul GS (2002) "Dinosaurs of the Air: The Evolution and Loss of Flight in Dinosaurs and Birds".
• Dong Z and Currie PJ (1996) "On the discovery of an oviraptorid skeleton on a nest of eggs at Bayan Mandahu, Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 33(4): 631-636. DOI: 10.1139/e96-046
• Barsbold R, Maryanska T and Osmólska H (2004) "Oviraptorosauria". In Weishampel, Dodson and Osmólska (eds.) "The Dinosauria: Second Edition".
• Dingus L, Coria RA and Chiappe LM (2007) "Dinosaur Eggs Discovered: Unscrambling the Clues".
• Yang T-R and Sander PM (2022) "The reproductive biology of oviraptorosaurs: a synthetic view". Geological Society, London, Special Publications: SP521 Mesozoic Biological Events and Ecosystems in East Asia (advance online publication). DOI: 10.1144/SP521-2021-181
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