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Tag Archives: Oviraptorosaurs
The Persistent Melancholy of Oviraptor
Or, what is Oviraptor? Originally described in 1924 by H. F. Osborn on the partial remains of a skeleton including the skull, neck, should, and forelimb, associated with some eggs inferred to belong to a ceratopsian the animal was predating, … Continue reading
Herbivores All the Way Down
Back in the 1980s and 1990s, a revolution in the way dinosaurs were conceived to have evolved occurred, in which a basal stock of croc-ish animals (this was during the “thecodont origin of … everything (?)” phase of archosaur relationship … Continue reading
Giving Oviraptorosaurs a Hand
[Caption of this figure is pretty long, so it’s placed at the bottom.] This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Last year, when dealing with the apparent basal oviraptorid Wulatelong gobiensis (Xu et al., 2013) … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Biology, Paleontology, Reconstruction
Tagged Caeangnathoids, caenagnathids, Caudipterids, Hands, Oviraptorids, Oviraptorosaurs, Protarchaeopterygids
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Anzū is Here
In 1998 and 1999 two skeletons were collected from the badlands of the Great Plains of South Dakota, USA. Discovered by Fred Nuss barely 80m apart, they would go on to be one of the most intriguing and strong denizens … Continue reading
Posted in Paleontology, Science Reporting
Tagged Anzu, Anzu wyliei, caenagnathids, Caenagnathoidea, Oviraptorosaurs
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Oviraptorids of Southern China
(This is a brief post. I am still working on other projects, and new stuff that interests me keeps coming out!) Eventually, a review topic will have to be done to work on these guys. There are now quite a … Continue reading
Posted in Paleontology, Science Reporting
Tagged Heterochrony, Nankangia, Nankangia jiangxiensis, ontogeny, Oviraptorids, Oviraptorosaurs, Theropoda
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Belated Leptorhynchos
Nick Longrich has a new publication out, with fellow colleagues from Texas, discussing the taxonomy of a few new oviraptorosaurs. Following up on their earlier publication describing “Leptorhynchos” gaddisi, Longrich et al. have fixed the error of not having fixed … Continue reading
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Tagged caenagnathids, Leptorhynchos, Leptorhynchos gaddisi, Oviraptorosaurs
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All Your Guessing Games
What? Another All Your Yesterdays mention? Sorta. You remember when I asked you all what this might be? Someone got the right answer, although I’d love to speculate how they came about it. I have a clue, and it might … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Biology, Paleontology, Philosophy, Reconstruction
Tagged All Yesterdays, Facial Reconstruction, Oviraptorosaurs, Speculation
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The Changeling – The Skull
I’ve now covered the interesting things to do with the hand and the foot of Wulatelong gobiensis. There’s not much there to the rest of the body (there’s the pelvis, which is nearly complete, but that’s the next post), but … Continue reading
Posted in Paleontology
Tagged Caenagnathidae, Oviraptoridae, Oviraptorosaurs, Wulatelong gobiensis
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Jaime A. Headden
The Bite Stuff 