This Dinosaur is my ALL TIME FAVORITE. The Caudipteryx was a very small, almost like a peacock, Theropod. (lived about 125 million years ago.)It was a very original and remarkable because of it's strange feathers on it's tail and it's arms. Caudipteryx were identified by Philip J. Currie. It is believed (because of it's feathers), that the Caudipteryx's ancestors were flying dinosaurs. It is definitely a herbivore. The Caudipteryx is closely related to the Oviraptoridae (O-Raptor). Caudipteyx had a small skull that retained only a small number of teeth in the upper jaw. It's skeletons can be found in Pennsylvania, Indiana, Ohio, and Alabama. Paleontologists believe that the Caudipteryx bones look not to be dinosaurian at all, but those of a bird. ??????? The dinosaur was descended from it's ancestor Archaeopteryx.
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