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DinosaurDays! An animated learning website and ios app for kids. • See them all on www.dinosaurdays.com or download the app on • https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dinos... • NAME: CAUDIPTERYX (kaw-DIP-tuh-rix), meaning: tail feather • SIZE: 3 feet tall (the size of a turkey), weighed 15 pounds • TYPE OF DIET: Carnivore and herbivore (omnivore) • WHEN: Cretaceous period (120 - 136 million years ago) WHERE: North Eastern China • The bones of Caudipteryx were discovered in 1998. It was a very exciting find for paleontologists. It was a small theropod dinosaur like many others during this period. It ran on two legs. It ate meat and had sharp teeth. Its front legs were small and useful for grabbing food. It had long, sharp claws on its fingers. But this creature had a feathered body, a beak and a feathered tail. Its front legs were more like wings than legs. It was somewhere between a dinosaur and a bird. • Caudipteryx lived about 120 to 136 million years ago. It was a graceful creature, with long legs and a long S-shaped neck. Its entire body was covered with small feathers called down. Its wings had feathers that were between 6 and 8 inches long. They had shafts and veins like feathers on today’s birds. But Caudipteryx couldn’t use its wings to fly. Some paleontologists believe that the wings were used to catch bugs. This dinosaur might have used its wings to help it jump: by flapping its wings and taking a leap, it was probably able to jump very far. It was most likely a fast runner: it was very light and had long legs and could use its wings for balance. • Caudipteryx was about 3 feet tall, which is about the size of a turkey. It was a predator, meaning that it hunted other animals for food. But it also had small stones in its gizzard called “gastroliths”. Gastroliths help mash up tough plant food, so Caudipteryx also ate • plants. Its fossils were found in North Eastern China.
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