Dinosaurs · Small theropod

Citipati

Say it chit-i-puh-tih. The name means ‘lord of the funeral pyre’.

Citipati beside a person 1.75 m tall. Ticks mark every metre.Body shape drawn for this site, showing the general build of small theropods

Length: 2.1 m
Diet: Ate plants and animals
When: Late Cretaceous81 to 75 million years ago
Fossils found in: Mongolia
Named by: Clark, Norell and Barsbold (2001)
Family tree: Dinosauria › Saurischia › Theropoda › Neotheropoda › Tetanurae › Avetheropoda › Coelurosauria › Tyrannoraptora › Maniraptoriformes › Maniraptora › Oviraptorosauria › Caenagnathoidea › Oviraptoridae › Oviraptorinae

Where Citipati sits in the age of dinosaurs.Periods from the ICS chart; dinosaur dates from the Natural History Museum

Small theropods. Small two-legged dinosaurs, many feathered, the group that includes birds. See all 60

Lived at the same time

Alectrosaurus · same country
Anserimimus · same country
Borogovia · same country
Goyocephale · same country
Khaan · same country
Microceratus · same country
Mononykus · same country
Oviraptor · same country

Other small theropods

Conchoraptor Late Cretaceous
Khaan Late Cretaceous
Mononykus Late Cretaceous
Avimimus Late Cretaceous
Chirostenotes Late Cretaceous
Troodon Late Cretaceous
Bambiraptor Late Cretaceous
Borogovia Late Cretaceous

Source: Citipati in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.