Reptilia - Theropoda - Oviraptoridae
Full reference: R. Barsbold. 1976. A new Late Cretaceous family of small theropods (Oviraptoridae n. fam.) in Mongolia. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 226(3):221-223
Parent taxon: Oviraptorosauria according to G. F. Funston et al. 2020
See also Barsbold 1976, Barsbold 1976, Barsbold 1977, Barsbold 1981, Barsbold 1983, Barsbold 1997, Carroll 1988, Currie 1992, Currie 2000, Fanti et al. 2012, Funston 2020, Funston et al. 2018, Holtz 1994, Holtz 2000, Lamanna et al. 2014, Longrich et al. 2013, Longrich et al. 2010, Lü et al. 2005, Lü et al. 2017, Lü et al. 2015, Lü et al. 2004, Lü and Zhang 2005, Makovicky and Sues 1998, Maryanska et al. 2002, Novas 1992, Osmolska 1981, Osmólska et al. 2004, Ostrom 1980, Rauhut 2003, Rozhdestvensky 1977, Russell and Dong 1994, Sereno 1997, Sereno 1998, Sues 1997, Thulborn 1984, Tsuihiji et al. 2017, Xu and Han 2010, Xu et al. 2013 and Yao et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Avimimidae, Avimimus, Caenagnathidae, Caenagnathoidea, Caudipterygidae, Caudipteryx, Incisivosaurus, Ingeniidae, Ningyuansaurus, Oviraptoroidea, Protarchaeopteryx, Saurexallopus
Subtaxa: Citipatinae Gobiraptor Heyuanninae Luoyanggia Nankangia Oviraptor Oviraptorinae Yulong
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (14 collections), Mongolia (20), Tajikistan (2)
Total: 36 collections including 40 occurrences