Chirostenotes
Field photograph to come
Chirostenotes
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- Lived
- 84 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Length
- about 1.7 m (6 ft)
- Group
- Theropods, Caenagnathidae
- Found in
- United States and Canada
- Named by
- Gilmore 1924
Field notes
About Chirostenotes
Chirostenotes 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 22 finds of Chirostenotes, from Montana, Alberta and Texas. Its fossils come from rocks including the Hell Creek Formation, the Dinosaur Park Formation and the Aguja Formation. It was named by Gilmore in 1924.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
75 million years ago
To scale
How big was Chirostenotes?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Caenagnathidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: C. W. Gilmore. 1924. A new coelurid dinosaur from the Belly River Cretaceous of Alberta. Canada Department of Mines Geological Survey Bulletin (Geological Series) 38(43):1-12