Apatoraptor
Field photograph to come
Apatoraptor
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- Lived
- 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Caenagnathidae
- Found in
- Canada
- Named by
- Funston and Currie 2016
Field notes
About Apatoraptor
Apatoraptor was an omnivorous theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Caenagnathidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Apatoraptor, from Alberta. Its fossils come from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation. It was named by Funston and Currie in 2016.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
70 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Caenagnathidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: G. F. Funston and P. J. Currie. 2016. A new caenagnathid (Dinosauria: Oviraptorosauria) from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Alberta, Canada, and a reevaluation of the relationships of Caenagnathidae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36(4):e1160910:1-18