Dinosaur
Conchoraptor
It lacked the large bony crest that other oviraptorids had.
Conchoraptor was an oviraptorid without the large head crest seen in some of its relatives.
Three stages. One companion.
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Conchoraptor at a glance
- Diet
- Diet debated
- Its beak and jaws have led to different feeding hypotheses. A dinosaur’s name does not prove that it ate eggs.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Oviraptoridae
- Oviraptorids
- Fossil locations
- Mongolia
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Conchoraptor
It was an Asian oviraptorid from the late Cretaceous. It is known with certainty in the Barun Goyot Formation; its presence in other formations is treated with more caution.
It lacked the large bony crest of some other oviraptorids. Not all reports of where it lived are equally secure. Confirmed fossils from Barun Goyot are distinguished from remains assigned to other formations, which need more caution.
This grouping describes evolutionary relationships. Its members share ancestors; they do not form a chain in which one must turn into another.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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- Conchoraptor gracilis
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- Conchoraptor
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- Oviraptoridae
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- Living birds
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