Dinosaurs · Small theropod

Oviraptor

Say it OH-vee-RAP-tor. The name means ‘egg thief’.

Oviraptor 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 m
Weight: 20 kg
Diet: Ate plants and animalshard fruits, eggs, and possibly shellfish
Walked: On 2 legs
When: Late Cretaceous85 to 75 million years ago
Fossils found in: Mongolia
Named by: Osborn (1924)
Family tree: Dinosauria › Saurischia › Theropoda › Neotheropoda › Tetanurae › Avetheropoda › Coelurosauria › Tyrannoraptora › Maniraptoriformes › Maniraptora › Oviraptorosauria › Caenagnathoidea › Oviraptoridae › Oviraptorinae

Where Oviraptor 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
Microceratus · same country
Anserimimus · same country
Borogovia · same country
Citipati · same country
Goyocephale · same country
Khaan · same country
Mononykus · same country

Other small theropods

Saurornithoides Late Cretaceous
Bambiraptor Late Cretaceous
Borogovia Late Cretaceous
Masiakasaurus Late Cretaceous
Noasaurus Late Cretaceous
Pyroraptor Late Cretaceous
Alvarezsaurus Late Cretaceous
Citipati Late Cretaceous

Source: Oviraptor 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.