Types of Dinosaurs

Names of Dinosaurs & Dinosaur Information
Dinosaur Name:

Conchoraptor

- Pronunciation: KONG-kuh-RAP-tur
- Translation: Shell Thief
- Order: Saurischia
- Suborder: Theropoda
- Infraorder: Tetanurae
- Micro-order: Maniraptora (of the microorder Coelurosauria)
- Family: Oviraptoridae
- Superfamily: Oviraptorosauria
- Height: Length
- Period: Late Cretaceous
- Description: Carnivore,Bipedal
- Notes: Conchoraptor possessed a short, deep head and a hornybeak, similar to that of a parrot, with which it may have used tocrush mollusks or eggs. Because its head has no crest, it may bethat Conchoraptor is actually a juvenile example of Oviraptor.