Caudipteryx - Wikipedia
Caudipteryx (meaning "tail feather") is a genus of small oviraptorosaur dinosaurs that lived in Asia during the Early Cretaceous, around 124.6 million years ago. They were feathered and extremely birdlike in their overall appearance, to the point that some paleontologists suggested it was a bird .
Caudipteryx | Size, Habitat, & Facts | Britannica
Caudipteryx, genus of small feathered theropod dinosaurs known from rock deposits of western Liaoning province, China, that date from about 125 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous (146 million to 100 million years ago).
Caudipteryx | Description, Size, Fossil, Diet, & Facts
2023年2月13日 · Caudipteryx is a genus of feathered theropod dinosaur that lived during the early Cretaceous period, approximately 120 million years ago. It was a small dinosaur, with a length of about 1.5 meters, and it is considered one of the earliest known species of bird-like dinosaurs.
Caudipteryx – Planet Dinosaur
– Caudipteryx is one of the earliest known dinosaurs to have feathers, although it could not fly. – Its name means “tail feather,” a reference to the large, fan-like feathers on its tail. – Caudipteryx was discovered in the Yixian Formation in China, a …
Caudipteryx Dinosaur, pictures | facts - Caudipteryx habitat.
Caudipteryx was a type of small, peacock-sized Early Cretaceous theropods (members of Theropoda, the collection of typically carnivorous dinosaurs that lived about 125 million years ago). Its most remarkable feature was its feathers.
Caudipteryx | Paleontology World
Caudipteryx (which means “tail feather”) is a genus of peacock-sized theropod dinosaurs that lived in the Aptian age of the early Cretaceous Period (about 124.6 million years ago). They were feathered and remarkably birdlike in their overall appearance.
Caudipteryx - Natural History Museum
Caudipteryx has been found with gizzard stones (small stones swallowed by the dinosaur, perhaps to help digest food) and had small, weak teeth. It probably ate insects and maybe plants as well.
Caudipteryx - Prehistoric Wildlife
Caudipteryx is one of many feathered creatures from the now famous Yixian Formation which has yielded the discoveries of many feathered dinosaurs and primitive birds alike. Caudipteryx seems to have been quite common, though as of 2014 fossils for the genus are only known from the Yixian Formation, which might ...
Caudipteryx - Facts and Figures - ThoughtCo
2017年3月6日 · If any single creature has conclusively settled the debate about the relationship between birds and dinosaurs, it's Caudipteryx. The fossils of this turkey-sized dinosaur reveal startlingly birdlike characteristics, including feathers, a …
Caudipteryx - Dinosaur Dictionary
Caudipteryx was a small theropod dinosaur that lived in the Barremian age of the early Cretaceous, about 124.6 million years ago. The genus was one of the first-known feathered dinosaurs and was extremely birdlike in its overall appearance, to the point that some paleontologists think it was a bird.