Caudipteryx (meaning "tail feather") is a genus of small oviraptorosaur dinosaurs that lived in Asia during the Early Cretaceous, around 124.6 million...

with or without bony crests atop the head. They ranged in size from Caudipteryx, which was the size of a turkey, to the 8-meter-long, 1.4-ton Gigantoraptor...

known evidence of platelet-like melanosomes. In the 1998 description of Caudipteryx, Qiang et al. noted the existence of preserved colour bands on the fossilized...

Similicaudipteryx, meaning "similar to Caudipteryx" (which itself means "tail feather"), is a genus of theropod dinosaur of the family Caudipteridae....

clade containing Caudipteryx zoui but not Oviraptor philoceratops and Caenagnathus collinsi". The first caudipterid described was Caudipteryx zoui (named in...

Beipiaosaurus inexpectus (1999) Sinornithosaurus millenii (1999) Caudipteryx dongi (2000) Caudipteryx sp. (2000) Microraptor zhaoianus (2000) Nomingia gobiensis...

the base of the oviraptorosaurian group, making it more primitive than Caudipteryx and the oviraptorids. A subsequent study by Osmolska et al. in 2004 described...

known to have developed feathers, as seen on feathered specimens of Caudipteryx and the pygostyle of several oviraptorids. As an oviraptorosaur, Gigantoraptor...

such dinosaurs as Psittacosaurus, Dongbeititan, Sinosauropteryx, and Caudipteryx. Fish such as Lycoptera would also have been prevalent. Volcanic eruptions...

Cast of a Caudipteryx fossil with feather impressions and stomach content...

second finger that have been found in other oviraptorosaurs such as Caudipteryx, it would not have been able to engage in such behavior. In 2001, Bruce...

Grallator tracks identified from the Yixian Formation may have been left by Caudipteryx. Source: Subgenus G. (Coelurosaurichnus) G. (C.) palmipes G. (C.) p....

Grey heron and Caudipteryx skeletons...

close relatives were found with feathers preserved (including species of Caudipteryx, Protarchaeopteryx and Similicaudipteryx). Another finding pointing to...

they lacked the extreme cursorial specializations seen in avimimids and Caudipteryx. The family Caenagnathidae, together with its sister group the Oviraptoridae...

Caudipteryx dongi Caudipteryx zoui...

plant matter. A rare example of this is the Early Cretaceous theropod Caudipteryx zoui from northeastern China, which was discovered with a series of small...

and described in 2019. It was placed in the Caudipteridae, alongside Caudipteryx and Similicaudipteryx. The holotype specimen of Xingtianosaurus ganqi...

which Barsbold et al. inferred probably supported a feather fan as in Caudipteryx. A similar bone structure had only been found in birds before this fossil...

triangular in shape but longer than other basal oviraptorosaurs like Caudipteryx, with a straight lower jaw unlike most other oviraptorosaurs. The arms...

feathers were discovered previously, Protarchaeopteryx, Sinosauropteryx, Caudipteryx, and Beipiaosaurus. Sinornithosaurus was the first dromaeosaurid discovered...

Triassic reptile Longisquama and theropod dinosaur (or fossil bird) Caudipteryx and Dakotaraptor. According to the University of Kansas, he "has been...

that WAIR might have plausibly been used by feathered theropods like Caudipteryx to develop aerial flight. Wing-assisted incline running has been studied...

Nomingia is not known. It is notable however that its older relative Caudipteryx had no pygostyle but a "fan" of symmetrical feathers which were probably...

Deinonychosauria. In 1998, the discovery of a feathered oviraptorosaurian, Caudipteryx zoui, challenged the notion of feathers as a structure exclusive to Avialae...

Avimimus Incisivosaurus Kol? Ningyuansaurus Protarchaeopteryx Yuanyanglong Scansoriopterygidae? Caudipteridae Caudipteryx Similicaudipteryx Xingtianosaurus...

taxon of Oviraptorosauria, a group that also had feathered forms (e.g. Caudipteryx), Bambiraptor most likely had feathers too due to phylogenetic bracketing...

that are consistent with modern volant birds, while anchiornithids and Caudipteryx were secondarily flightless. Sankar Chatterjee suggested in 2005 that...

oviraptorids are usually quite abundant which is typical of an herbivore; and Caudipteryx was found with gastroliths (stomach stones) which some herbivores use...

described the new genus and species Caudipteryx zoui. Ji and others reported the presence of gastroliths in Caudipteryx. These are evidence for an herbivorous...