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Similicaudipteryx,
meaning "similar to Caudipteryx" (which
itself means "tail feather"), is a
genus of
theropod dinosaur of the
family Caudipteridae....
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tails are very
short compared to
other maniraptorans. In
Nomingia and
Similicaudipteryx, the tail ends in four
fused vertebrae which Osmólska, He, and others...
- simpler,
downy feathers.
Though initially interpreted as
specimens of
Similicaudipteryx,
later research suggested that they
could instead be
referred to Incisivosaurus...
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preserved (including
species of Caudipteryx,
Protarchaeopteryx and
Similicaudipteryx).
Another finding pointing to this is the
discovery in
Nomingia of...
- only a
single type and
often considered redundant. However, in 2008
Similicaudipteryx yixianensis was
described and
classified as a caudipterid. Dinosaurs...
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Similicaudipteryx...
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oviraptorosaurian pygostyle evolved to help
support them. The
related Similicaudipteryx,
described in 2008, also had a rod-like pygostyle, ****ociated with...
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Oviraptorosauria (Avimimus, Nomingia, Caudipteryx,
Similicaudipteryx, Protarchaeopteryx, Ningyuansaurus, Citipati, Conchoraptor) –
pennaceous feathers...
- (inferred 2007:
quill ****s)
Epidexipteryx **** (2008;
possibly avialan)
Similicaudipteryx yixianensis (inferred 2008: pygostyle)
Anchiornis huxleyi (2009; possibly...
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Similicaudipteryx...
