Dinos A to Z: Oviraptor | Learn about the "egg thief" dinosaur
Dinos A to Z: Oviraptor | Learn about the "egg thief" dinosaur with tags oviraptor, what is an oviraptor, oviraptor dinosaur, dinosaurs, dinos, what is a dinosaur, dinosaurs for kids, what did dinosaurs look like, biology, learn bright, high-interest reading, reading comprehension
In this video series for kids, we are learning about dinosaurs from A to Z. Today’s dino is the Oviraptor.
The Oviraptor got its name from the Latin word ovi, or egg, and the Middle-English word raptor, meaning thief. So the name Oviraptor means egg thief! When its fossils were first discovered, they were found with what scientists thought were the eggs from another dinosaur that an Oviraptor had been eating. Later, it was found that the eggs were probably from a mother Oviraptor's nest. But the unfortunate name "egg thief" stuck!
The Oviraptor was a small but agile dinosaur. It lived 75 to 85 million years ago. Its fossils were first discovered in Mongolia, a country in north-central Asia. The dinosaur was about 2 meters (6.5 feet) long and weighed 20 kilograms (less than 45 pounds). By dinosaur standards, it was minuscule! Don't let its demure size fool you, though. This omnivore was well equipped to survive among larger predators and other dinosaurs.
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