Oviraptor

Pronounced Owe-vee-rap-tore

  • Least Concern
  • Near Threatened
  • Vulnerable
  • Endangered
  • Critically Endangered
  • Extinct in the Wild
  • Extinct

Oviraptors got their name from the belief that they stole other dinosaur’s eggs. More recent evidence suggests that the eggs they were found with, were their own.

They are thought to have been caring parents and used their feathers to incubate their own eggs.

Key Facts

Distribution:
Asia
Length:
2 metres
Weight:
30 kilograms
Did you know?
Oviraptor was around 2 metres long and weighed only about 30 kilograms.

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