Citipati
genus of reptiles (fossil)
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Citipati (pronounced [ˈtʃiːt̪ɪpət̪i] in Hindi, meaning 'funeral pyre lord') is a genus of oviraptorid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of what is now Mongolia.
| Citipati Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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| Nesting C. osmolskae specimen nicknamed "Big Mamma", housed at the AMNH | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Family: | †Oviraptoridae |
| Genus: | †Citipati Clark, Norell & Barsbold, 2001 |
| Species: | †C. osmolskae
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| Binomial name | |
| Citipati osmolskae Clark, Norell & Barsbold, 2001
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The type species, Citipati osmolskae, was described in 2001. A second, as yet unnamed species may also exist. Citipati is often confused with the similar Oviraptor
