Image: Citipati & Zamyn Khondt oviraptorid skulls

Description: Comparison between the skulls of Citipati osmolskae (holotype MPC-D 100/978) and the Zamyn Khondt oviraptorid (MPC-D 100/42). Citipati supplemented after Clark et al., 2002,[1] and the Zamyn Khondt oviraptorid after Barsbold 1981[2] and Jansen 2008.[3] Abbreviations: an=angular; ar=articular; d=dentary; ect=ectopterygoid; ept=epipterygoid; f=frontal; j=jugal; la=lacrimal; ma=maxilla; na=nasal; pa=parietal; pl=palatine; pm=premaxilla; po=postorbital; pre=prearticular; pt=pterygoid; q=quadrate; qj=quadratojugal; sa=surangular; sq=squamosal. References ↑ (2002). "Cranial Anatomy of Citipati osmolskae (Theropoda, Oviraptorosauria), and a Reinterpretation of the Holotype of Oviraptor philoceratops". American Museum Novitates: 1−24. DOI:<0001:CAOCOT>2.0.CO;2 10.1206/0003-0082(2002)364<0001:CAOCOT>2.0.CO;2. ↑ (1981). "Беззубые хищные динозавры Монголии". Transactions, Joint Soviet–Mongolian Palaeontological Expedition 15: 28−39. Translated paper ↑ Beak morphology in oviraptorids, based on extant birds and turtles (Thesis)[1], University of Oslo, 2008, pages 1−48
Title: Citipati & Zamyn Khondt oviraptorid skulls
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