Fossil localities that yield both deinonychosaurs and Protoceratopsidovum may yield conclusive evidence for the true affinity of this ootaxon. Future discovery of the egg-laying taxon of Protoceratopsidovum will not only improve our understanding of maniraptoran reproductive biology but also ma...
[Henry Fairfield Osborn, "Three New Therapoda, Protoceratops Zone, Central Mongolia," in American Museum Novitates, Nov. 7, 1924] Advertisement Want to remove ads? Log in to see fewer ads, and become a Premium Member to remove all ads....
Fossil evidence supporting thepredictionof grasping arms and slashing foot claws was borne out by the discovery in the 1970s of aVelociraptorpreserved in a death position with a smallceratopsiandinosaur,Protoceratops. The hands ofVelociraptorwere clutching the frill ofProtoceratops, and the large foot...
The Childrens' Museum of Indianapolis harbors a very special fossil specimen: an actual dinosaur egg, discovered in central Asia, containing an actual dinosaur embryo. Paleontologists are fairly sure that this egg was laid by an oviraptorosaur, and there's some speculation, given the size of the...
Maniraptora,suborder Maniraptora- advanced theropods including oviraptorids and dromaeosaurs and possibly even modern birds oviraptorid- advanced carnivorous theropod velociraptor- small active carnivore that probably fed on protoceratops; possibly related more closely to birds than to other dinosaurs ...