Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.
Oviraptor is a very unique dinosaur with some rather strange features. Instead of teeth it has a beak and something not seen in any other dinosaur: a pair of teeth in the roof of its mouth. The reason it got its name is that when it was first discovered Oviraptor was sitting on a nest of eggs. It was thought it was stealing the eggs of another dinosaur. Years later, it was found that the eggs were its own and that it was trying to protect them from an approaching sandstorm.
Oviraptor has another unusual feature - it has a thin crest of bone on its forehead. This crest seems to have grown and changed throughout its entire life. It may have been used as a form of individual identification or to differentiate gender. Also, different species of the Oviraptor genus had different crests. It is not clear what Oviraptor ate. Though it probably still included the eggs of other dinosaurs, it had very strong jaws, making some think that it would have eaten shellfish that it could easily crack open. Others argue that it must have been an herbivore as its skull did not show characteristics for meat-eating.
Name meaning Egg thief Diet Omnivore Height 1 meter (3 feet) Length 2 meters (6 feet) Weight 30 kg (66 pounds) Location Mongolia Range Malta Birth type Egg Movie appearances Jurassic World: Dominion prologue Jurassic World Dominion (Extended Edition) Notable Game appearances Jurassic Park 2: The Chaos Continues The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Game Gear) Jurassic Park III: Park Builder Jurassic World: Alive
