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Holotype

AMNH 6517

Oviraptor philoceratops

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Facts

Catalog number
AMNH 6517
Institution
American Museum of Natural History (AMNH)
Year found
1923
Locality
Shabarakh Usu (Flaming Cliffs, Bayn Dzak), AMNH loc. 12049
Formation
Djadokhta Formation

Images

The Oviraptor philoceratops holotype AMNH 6517 as figured in Edwin H. Colbert's The Dinosaur Book (1951).Image credit: Internet Archive Book Images (from Colbert, The Dinosaur Book, 1951), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, American Museum of Natural HistoryPublic domainSource (opens in a new tab)

What this specimen preserves

Holotype: AMNH 6517

  • Preserved
  • Partial
  • Reconstructed
  • Unknown / not recorded
Region by region (table)
Skeleton regions of Holotype: AMNH 6517
RegionState
SkullPartial · Badly crushed.
MandibleUnknown / not recorded
TeethUnknown / not recorded
Cervical vertebraePartial
Dorsal vertebraePartial
SacrumUnknown / not recorded
Caudal vertebraeUnknown / not recorded
RibsPartial
GastraliaUnknown / not recorded
Scapula / shoulder girdlePreserved · With the furcula.
HumerusUnknown / not recorded
Forearm (radius / ulna)Preserved
Hand (manus)Partial
PelvisPartial · Left ilium.
FemurUnknown / not recorded
Tibia / fibulaUnknown / not recorded
Foot (pes)Unknown / not recorded

Excavation history

A partial skeleton lacking the back half, with a badly crushed skull, found over the nest AMNH 6508 (about 15 eggs), separated from it by some 10 cm of sediment.

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