Assignment#

You must write three paragraphs about your dinosaur.

Where and when your dinosaur lived (habitat, location, and time period)#

Oviraptor lived in the late Cretaceous period, about 75 million years ago in present day Gobi Desert in Mongolia.

The habitat of the oviraptor was arid or semi-arid.

What your dinosaur ate and the relevance of its teeth#

The Oviraptor is thought to have been an omnivore. One fossil contains a small lizard in its stomach and another small bones. Similar related dinosaurs have been found with stomach stones so they are thought to have eaten plants too.

Dinosaur's enemies and how your dinosaur protected itself#

The Oviraptor lived in a place of many predators. It is one of the only known places where predator species outnumbered prey. It likely was threatened by Citipati, Khaan, Tsaagan, and Velociraptor, all similar to Oviraptor.

The Oviraptor fought off predators with long claws. It was also very fast and could chase or run away.

A labeled picture of your dinosaur#

Rough Draft#

Paragraph 1#

The oviraptor lived in the late cretaceous period about 80 million years ago. The oviraptor lived in Mongolia and China in the Gobi Desert. We know this because scientists have found fossils of oviraptor in these locations. The oviraptor's habitats were desert and semi-desert.

Paragraph 2#

The oviraptor is thought to have been an omnivore. That means it eats both meat and plants. One fossil was found with a lizard in its stomach. Scientists have found stones in the stomachs of other fossils. Other dinosaurs that they know are plant eaters also have stones in their stomach to help grind up the food. Scientists first thought the oviraptor ate eggs but now they think it also hunted small animals with its beak. This is like eagles and hawks.

Paragraph 3#

Oviraptor's enemies were probably the Velociraptor, Tsaagan, Khaan, and Citipati. We think this because bones of these dinosaurs have been found in the same area that oviraptor's bones have been found. We also think they lived at the same time. These animals were all relatives of oviraptor. The oviraptor protected itself with its long claws, a sharp beak, and running away.

URLS#

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oviraptor
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oviraptorosauria
• http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/dinos/Oviraptor.shtml
• http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/436107/Oviraptor
• http://www.dinosaur-world.com/feathered_dinosaurs/oviraptor_philocerataops.htm
• http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Oviraptor
• http://dsc.discovery.com/dinosaurs/oviraptor-philoceratops.html
• http://dml.cmnh.org/2002Jan/msg01133.html
• http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_oviraptors_enemies

Paper#

• Norell, Clark, Chiappe, and Dashzeveg, (1995). "A nesting dinosaur." Nature, 378: 774-776.
• (1995) "Discovering Dinosaurs" U. of California Press
• Barsbold, R., Maryanska, T., and Osmolska, H. (1990). "Oviraptorosauria," in Weishampel, D.B., Dodson, P., and Osmolska, H. (eds.). The Dinosauria. Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 249-258.
• Clark, J.M., Norell, M.A., & Barsbold, R. (2001). "Two new oviraptorids (Theropoda:Oviraptorosauria), upper Cretaceous Djadokhta Formation, Ukhaa Tolgod, Mongolia." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(2):209-213., June 2001.

Kids Books#

• Oviraptor, Joanne Mattern, 2009, Weekly Reader Books