†Citipati osmolskae Clark et al. 2001 (coelurosaur)
Reptilia - Avetheropoda - Oviraptoridae
PaleoDB taxon number: 57024
Full reference: J. M. Clark, M. A. Norell, and R. Barsbold. 2001. Two new oviraptorids (Theropoda: Oviraptorosauria), Upper Cretaceous Djadokhta Formation, Ukhaa Tolgod, Mongolia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(2):209-213
Belongs to Citipati according to X. Xu and F.-L. Han 2010
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: IGM 100/978, a skull. Its type locality is Ankylosaur Flats, Ukhaa Tolgod, which is in a Campanian eolian sandstone in the Djadokhta Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore