Definition of "oviraptorid" [oviraptorid]

• A member of the Oviraptoridae, birdlike maniraptoran dinosaurs. (noun)

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• "The most recently named oviraptorid is Nemegtomaia barsboldi from the Maastrichtian Nemegt Formation (Lü et al. 2004, 2005)."
• "The affinities of this taxon are uncertain – it may be a caenagnathid and not an oviraptorid."
• "The embryo is significant in that it was the specimen that demonstrated that most/some eggs attributed to Protoceratops were actually oviraptorid eggs."