Caudipteryx | |
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Jurassic Park Institute Artwork | |
Name meaning |
Tail Feather |
Diet |
Omnivore |
Location |
Asia |
Birth type |
Egg |
Book appearances |
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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.
Wikipedia has a more detailed and comprehensive article on Caudipteryx |
Jurassic Park
Caudipteryx has never appeared or mentioned in any Jurassic Park films or books, it has however appeared in the Dinosaur Field Guide as well as the Jurassic World Dinosaur Field Guide.