Citipati osmolskae Scale:1:20 Their jaws were very elongated

Their jaws were very elongated and adapted to capture and feed on prey of considerable size

Wingspan 133 mm

but had unique characteristics that distinguished it from its current terrestrial and aquatic relatives

5 to 5 meters and a weight that could have reached between 1

Length 43mm

Citipati osmolskae Scale:1:20 Their jaws were very elongatedCitipati osmolskae is a species of theropod dinosaur belonging to the family Oviraptoridae, which lived during the late Cretaceous period, approximately 75 to 70 million years ago. Its fossils have been found in the Djadokhta Formation, in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia. The name Citipati comes from a Tibetan deity, while the specific epithet "osmolskae" honors Polish paleontologist Halszka Osmlska for her contributions to the study of Asian dinosaurs.