Genus: Citipati CLARK, NORELL & BARSBOLD, 2001
Etymology: Citipati, from Sanskrit citi “funeral pyre” and pati, “lord”,
the loard of cemeteries in Tantric Buddhist tradition, typically depicted as
a human skeleton.
= Oviraptor NORELL, CLARK, CHIAPPE, & DASHZEVEG, 1995, CLARK,
NORELL & CHIAPPE, 1998
= Citiputi LU, TOMIDA, AZUMA, DONG & LEE, 2004 (sic)
Species: osmolskae CLARK, NORELL & BARSBOLD, 2001
Etymology: In honor of Halska Osmolska for her work on oviraptorids and other
Mongolian theropod dinosaurs.
= Citputi osmlskue LU, TOMIDA, AZUMA, DONG & LEE, 2004 (sic)
Holotype: IGM 100/978
Locality: Ankylosaur flats, Ukhaa Tolgod, near the salt extraction settlement of Daus, northeastern Nemegt Basin, Gurvan Tes Somon, Ömnögov (South Gobi), Mongolia.
Horizon: Djadokhta Formation or the Barun Goyot Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Middle Campanian Stage, Senonian Subepoch, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material: Nearly complete skull and skeleton.
Note: Has a furcula.