Oviraptor Enamel Pin (Oviraptor philoceratops) BoneboxMonthlySubscription This and four other species

This and four other species were recently split from the genus Lemur to create the genus Eulemur

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6 m) in length and weighing 95 pounds (43 kg)

This species was also prone to scavenging dead and dying prey

Oviraptor Enamel Pin (Oviraptor philoceratops) BoneboxMonthlySubscription This and four other speciesFew dinosaurs have suffered from worse PR than Oviraptor. Discovered in Mongolia in 1924 on top of a nest, it was branded a egg thief (hence the name). Decades later, scientists realized those eggs were its own, making it less a criminal and more a doting parent unfairly slandered for nearly a century. With its parrot like beak, feathered body, and flamboyant crest, Oviraptor was a small Cretaceous omnivore that likely cared for its clutch like a