"Citipati" means "lord of the funeral pyre" in Tantric Buddhist tradition. The derivation of the trivial name: Dr. Halszka Osmolska. Nearly complete skeleton (holotype IGM 100/978) Refered material: (IGM 100/979) partial postcranium overlying a nest with elongatoolithid eggs (referral to C. osmolskae is based on its large size and differences from the contemporary genus Khaan. (IGM 100/971) embryonic skeleton within elongatoolithid egg

C. osmolskae's main differences from other oviraptorids; has a shorter skull than Oviraptor philoceratops, differs from "Rinchenia" mongoliensis in lacking a convex crest on frontals and parietals, has a taller and more highly pneumatized nasal than Conchoraptor, and differs from all other oviraptorids in the fact that its dorsal part of the skull is shifted anteriorly and has more elongate cervical vertebrae. The skull is 50% larger
than known specimens of Khaan, Conchoraptor and Ingenia, which may indicate that Citipati was a relatively large oviraptorid, up to 3 m (10ft) in length. [source Gunter Vanacker]