Caenagnathasia

Field photograph to come

DV-0367Bissekty Fm., Uzbekistan

Caenagnathasia

DV-0367

Lived
94 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet
Omnivore
Group
Theropods, Caenagnathidae
Found in
Uzbekistan and China
Named by
Currie et al. 1994

Field notes

About Caenagnathasia

Caenagnathasia was an omnivorous theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 94 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Caenagnathidae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 7 finds of Caenagnathasia, from Uzbekistan and China. Its fossils come from rocks including the Bissekty Formation and the Iren Dabasu Formation. It was named by Currie et al. in 1994.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

7 finds

80 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Caenagnathidae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: P. J. Currie, S. J. Godfrey, and L. Nessov. 1994. New caenagnathid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) specimens from the Upper Cretaceous of North America and Asia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 30(10-11):2255-2272