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Citipati (Cretaceous)

Citipati

Citipati is a carnivore oviraptorid, a group of theropod dinosaurs lived about 84 years million ago on Mongolia territory. The first well-preserved skeletal remains were discovered in 1963 in Gobi Desert. Tibetan legend inspired the reptile name “Citipati”. The legend said about wife and husband who induced a trance state in the cemetery. Waken out of trance they found themselves eaten by wild animals. Since that time couple have showed up in the skeletal image and protected yogis from being eaten or robbed. “Citipati” means the "funeral pyre lord” or “the lord of cemeteries”.