Caudipteryx

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Caudipteryx

Fossil range: Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
(unranked) Oviraptorosauria
Family: Caudipteridae
Zhou & Wang, 2000
Genus: Caudipteryx
Q. Ji, Currie, Norell & S.-A. Ji, 1998
Species
  • C. zoui (type)
  • C. dongi Template:Taxobox authority

Caudipteryx was a small feathered dinosaur. It was related to Oviraptor but looked more like Archaeopteryx. It was a relative of Protarchaeopteryx. It was found in China.