Caenagnathus
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Caenagnathus
DV-0165 · type species Caenagnathus collinsi
- Lived
- 84 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Caenagnathidae
- Found in
- Canada and United States
- Named by
- Sternberg 1940
Field notes
About Caenagnathus
Caenagnathus was an omnivorous theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Caenagnathidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 8 finds of Caenagnathus, from Alberta and South Dakota. Its fossils come from rocks including the Dinosaur Park Formation and the Hell Creek Formation. It was named by Sternberg in 1940.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
75 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Caenagnathidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: R. M. Sternberg. 1940. A toothless bird from the Cretaceous of Alberta. Journal of Paleontology 14(1):81-85