Protarchaeopteryx (meaning "before Archaeopteryx" although it is from the Cretaceous and Archaeopteryx is from the Jurassic) is a genus of turkey-sized...

basal ("primitive") known oviraptorosaurs are Ningyuansaurus wangi, Protarchaeopteryx robusta and Incisivosaurus gauthieri, both from the lower Yixian Formation...

used as the type specimens for the new dinosaur taxa Caudipteryx and Protarchaeopteryx. Caudipteryx was erected with the type species C. zoui and the holotype...

taxon to Protarchaeopteryx, with their group being the most primitive oviraptorosaurians. In both weighted analyses however, Protarchaeopteryx was found...

early stage in their evolution. The earliest proto-birds such as Protarchaeopteryx had well-developed feathers but could not fly. The feathers may have...

found with feathers preserved (including species of Caudipteryx, Protarchaeopteryx and Similicaudipteryx). Another finding pointing to this is the discovery...

the genera Archaeopteryx and Wellnhoferia. As its name suggests, Protarchaeopteryx was also once referred to this group, but most paleontologists now...

Oviraptorosauria (Avimimus, Nomingia, Caudipteryx, Similicaudipteryx, Protarchaeopteryx, Ningyuansaurus, Citipati, Conchoraptor) – pennaceous feathers Paraves...

an ichnotaxon, possible squatting Dilophosaurus or similar (1996) Protarchaeopteryx robusta (1997) GMV 2124 (1997) Caudipteryx zoui (1998) Rahonavis ostromi...

function of the unusual premaxillary teeth of the oviraptorosaurs Protarchaeopteryx and Incisivosaurus. Saurornitholestes' feeding habits were discovered...