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Citipati

名字的意思： “funeral pyre lord”1

吃：每樣都來一點奇特的羽毛恐龍白堊紀晚期

Citipati was a bird-like dinosaur that sat on its eggs like a chicken. It had a short, toothless beak and a tall crest on its head. This dinosaur lived in the desert of Mongolia about 75 million years ago.1 2

生存年代

84 到 72 百萬年前4

白堊紀晚期

化石發現地

Ukhaa Tolgod, Djadokhta Formation, Gobi Desert, Mongolia1 2

長度

2.5 到 2.9 m (8.2 到 9.5 ft)1

體重

75 kg 到 110 kg (165 到 243 lb)1

高度

1.2 m (3.9 ft)

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最高速度

時速約 48 公里（30 英里）

跑步, 估計值

牠生活在什麼時候？

三疊紀

侏羅紀

白堊紀

2 億 5200 萬年前20114566，小行星撞地球

牠有多大？

牠有多長？

牠有多高？

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牠有多重？

跟 6 隻狗一樣重

跟 3 隻狗從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長跟 16 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長跟 22 顆西瓜一樣重跟 6 個幼兒園小朋友一樣重跟 3 個小學生一樣重能在 7.5 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Citipati 跟「你」比起來有多大？

只是在你的瀏覽器裡算算數學。什麼都不會被儲存或傳送出去。

牠有多快？

走路的人 時速約 5 公里 (3 mph)

騎腳踏車的小朋友 時速約 12 公里 (7 mph)

Citipati 時速約 48 公里 (30 mph)

一匹飛奔的馬 時速約 65 公里 (40 mph)

一隻獵豹 時速約 100 公里 (62 mph)

酷東西

趣味知識

Citipati means 'funeral pyre lord' in Sanskrit, named after a skeleton-like spirit in Tibetan folklore.1

One famous Citipati fossil is nicknamed 'Big Mama' because it was found sitting on a nest of eggs.1

Citipati had a pygostyle, a fused tailbone that supported a fan of feathers, just like modern birds.1

Its arms and tail were covered in long feathers that probably helped shade and protect its eggs and babies.1

Citipati was one of the largest oviraptorids, about the size of an emu, and weighed as much as a large dog.1

Scientists think Citipati may have brought small dinosaurs to its nest to feed its hatchlings.1

Citipati 的 AI 繪圖 — 這是電腦根據科學家目前的知識，用 AI 畫出 Citipati 可能的樣子。這只是猜測：真正的動物可能長得不一樣，也沒有人知道牠真正的顏色。

你們都在問

關於 Citipati 最常被問的問題

?How big was Citipati?

Citipati was about 2.5 to 2.9 metres long and weighed 75 to 110 kilograms. That is much larger than an emu.1

?What did Citipati eat?

Citipati was probably omnivorous, meaning it ate both plants and meat. Scientists think it may have brought small dinosaurs to its nest to feed its babies.1 2

?Did Citipati have feathers?

Yes, Citipati had long feathers on its arms and tail. These feathers probably helped protect its eggs and babies from sun, wind, and rain.1

?Why did Citipati sit on its eggs?

Citipati sat on its eggs to keep them warm and safe, just like birds do today. Its arms spread over the nest helped shade and protect the eggs.1 3

?When did Citipati live?

Citipati lived during the Late Cretaceous period, about 75 to 71 million years ago. It lived in the desert of Mongolia.1 2

?Was Citipati a dinosaur?

Yes, Citipati was a dinosaur, specifically a type of bird-like theropod called an oviraptorid. It was not a bird, but it was very closely related to birds.1 2

迷思破解王

迷思： Oviraptorids like Citipati were egg thieves.

真相： The name Oviraptor means 'egg thief', but fossils show Citipati was a caring parent that brooded its own eggs, not a robber.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Citipati
命名者: Clark et al. 20014
類群: 奇特的羽毛恐龍
科 / 演化支: Oviraptoridae4
分類: Theropoda > Oviraptorosauria4
岩石的年代: 84 到 72 百萬年 (Campanian)4
岩層: Djadokhta4
國家: 蒙古4
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 2 筆4
發現: Citipati was named in 2001 by paleontologists James Clark, Mark Norell, and Rinchen Barsbold. The first fossils were found in the 1990s at Ukhaa Tolgod in Mongolia.1 2
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure if Citipati was mostly a plant-eater or an omnivore that also ate meat.1