Conchoraptor

In Depth        Originally thought to represent a juvenile Oviraptor,‭ ‬Conchoraptor was established as a distinct genus in‭ ‬1986.‭ ‬While the snout of the skull is raised like in other oviraptorids,‭ ‬Conchoraptor does not possess a head crest like most other known oviraptorids.‭ ‬Rinchen Barsbold,‭ ‬the palaeontologist who first described Conchoraptor speculated that Conchoraptor,‭ ‬and possibly … Read more