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

Species: osmolskae CLARK, NORELL & BARSBOLD, 2001
Etymology: In honor of Halska Osmolska for her work on oviraptorids and other Mongolian theropod dinosaurs.

Locality: Ukhaa Tolgod, near the salt extraction settlement of Daus, northeastern Nemegt Basin, Ömnögov (South Gobi), Mongolia.

Horizon: Djadokhta Formation or the Barun Goyot Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Middle Campanian Stage, Senonian Subepoch, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

IGM, Institute of Geology, Mongolia, 100/979: Fragmentary skeleton with eggs.
Note: Specimen is preserved protecting the eggs.
Note: A pathological broken and rehealed ulna.