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Oviraptorinae
Taxonomy
Oviraptorinae was named by Barsbold (1981). Its type is Oviraptor. It was considered monophyletic by Currie (2000).
It was assigned to Caenagnathidae by Paul (1988); and to Oviraptoridae by Barsbold (1981), Barsbold (1983), Currie (2000), Osmólska et al. (2004), Lü (2005), Weishampel et al. (2008), Longrich et al. (2010), Lü et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Caenagnathidae by Paul (1988); and to Oviraptoridae by Barsbold (1981), Barsbold (1983), Currie (2000), Osmólska et al. (2004), Lü (2005), Weishampel et al. (2008), Longrich et al. (2010), Lü et al. (2013).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1981 | Oviraptorinae Barsbold |
| 1983 | Oviraptorinae Barsbold p. 91 |
| 1988 | Oviraptorinae Paul p. 374 |
| 2000 | Oviraptorinae Currie p. 437 |
| 2004 | Oviraptorinae Osmólska et al. p. 166 |
| 2005 | Oviraptorinae Lü p. 138 |
| 2008 | Oviraptorinae Weishampel et al. p. 1115 |
| 2010 | Oviraptorinae Longrich et al. p. 953 fig. 7 |
| 2013 | Oviraptorinae Lü et al. p. 172–173 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. Barsbold 1981 | Moderately large oviraptorids with unreduced second and third fingers. |
Measurements
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| Source: infrao = infraorder, o = order | |||||
| References: Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004, Averianov and Yarkov 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Campanian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Campanian | China (Nei Mongol) | Oviraptor sp. (46904) | |
| Maastrichtian | China (Guangdong) | Oviraptorinae indet. (275426) |