Dinosaur genus

Citipati

Clark et al. 2001

Citipati is a dinosaur genus known from bones, found in rocks 83.6–72.2 million years old, in Mongolia.

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At a glance

Data as of 12 October 2026

83.6–72.2 Ma

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

252 million years ago20114366

The last non-bird dinosaurs died out 66 million years ago. That's as far from us as the end of this bar.

Named by: Clark et al. 2001
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high: PBDB and Wikidata agree.
Sources
Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.
Described in: J. M. Clark, M. A. Norell, R. Barsbold (2001). Two new oviraptorids (Theropoda: Oviraptorosauria), Upper Cretaceous Djadokhta Formation, Ukhaa Tolgod, Mongolia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(2): 209–213. Read it
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high: PBDB gives this publication for the name; its author and year match the naming authority (Clark et al. 2001), on which PBDB and Wikidata agree.
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Given by: Paleobiology Database. The publication the Paleobiology Database gives as the authority for this genus name, usually the one that first named and described it.
Type species: Citipati osmolskae
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medium: Only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it.
Sources
Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.
Lived: Campanian, 83.6–72.2 million years ago
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high: PBDB and NHM agree.
Omnisaura calculation83.6–72.2 million years ago, from its dated fossil records
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low: Omnisaura's calculation from only 2 dated record(s).
Sources
Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.
Fossils found in: Mongolia
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high: NHM and PBDB both record it.
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Given by: Paleobiology Database; Natural History Museum Data Portal. How it was chosen: Union of all sources (ISO 3166).
Rock formations: Djadokhta
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high: An Omnisaura editor ruled on it.
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Given by: Paleobiology Database; Omnisaura editorial; Natural History Museum Data Portal. How it was chosen: Canonical names, automatic and editor-approved matches applied.
Family: Oviraptoridae
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Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.
Parent group: Citipatinae
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medium: Only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it.
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Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.
Order: Saurischia
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medium: Only NHM gives this; nothing contradicts it.
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Given by: Natural History Museum Data Portal. How it was chosen: Gap filled from NHM.
Known from: Bones
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Given by: Paleobiology Database (what the name was based on).

Sources: Omnisaura editorial (Omnisaura editorial content (© Future Sailors, all rights reserved)), Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0), Natural History Museum Data Portal (CC0 1.0), Wikidata (CC0 1.0)Confidence levels and gaps are Omnisaura's own assessment.

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What isn't known yet

Common names: no source we use gives it yet.
What it was named after: no source we use gives it yet.
Resting on one source: 3 facts come from a single source with nothing against them (rated medium): type species (PBDB); parent group (PBDB); order (NHM).

Size, diet and behaviour aren't covered yet. Omnisaura leaves them out rather than guess.

Where sources disagree

1 open

Family

OviraptoridaePBDB (shown above)
CoelurosauriaNHM

The sources give different values. An editor hasn't ruled yet, so this is rated low until they do.

Did it meet…?

Did Citipati meet ?

Same time, different places. Their fossils overlap in age, 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago, but no rock formation holds both.

Going by the ages and rock formations of their dated fossils, as on the map. Compare their fossil sites on the map.

Lived alongside

Genera found in the same rock formations, from rocks of the same age.

Protoceratops Velociraptor Pinacosaurus Protoceratopsidovum Bagaceratops Elongatoolithus Shuvuuia Byronosaurus Oviraptor Prismatoolithus Aepyornithomimus Almas Archaeornithoides Avimimus Eopinacosaurus Faveoloolithusand 9 more

Same family

Other genera in Oviraptoridae with a full profile.

Banji Conchoraptor Corythoraptor Heyuannia Khaan Nemegtomaia Oksoko Oviraptor Yulong

Where its fossils were found

1 fossil site, with present-day and ancient positions

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Cite this page

Omnisaura (2026). Citipati. Future Sailors. https://www.omnisaura.com/genera/citipati. Data as of 12 October 2026.

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12 Oct 2026
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Pictures

2 openly licensed pictures of Citipati on Wikimedia Commons and museum sites, each with its own author and licence.

Citipati IGM 100 979 (2).jpg
Ryan Somma, CC BY-SA 2.0
Citpatibcn1.JPG
Eduard Solà, CC BY-SA 3.0

Credits

Where this page comes from

Paleobiology DatabaseCC BY 4.0 · fossil records, ages, classification
Natural History Museum Data PortalCC0 1.0 · catalogued specimens
WikidataCC0 1.0 · names and identifiers
OmnisauraOmnisaura editorial · confidence levels and gaps
PaleoMAP PaleoCoastlines (Kocsis and Scotese 2021)CC BY 4.0 · ancient coastlines on the small map
Natural EarthPublic domain · today's coastlines

Pictures linked from this page are credited beside each one, with their own licences; the full list is in the JSON download.