Citipes

Field photograph to come

DV-1098Dinosaur Park Fm., Alberta

Citipes

DV-1098 · type species Citipes elegans

Lived
84 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet
Omnivore
Group
Theropods, Caenagnathidae
Found in
Canada and United States
Named by
Funston 2020

Field notes

About Citipes

Citipes 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 3 finds of Citipes, from Alberta and Montana. Its fossils come from rocks including the Dinosaur Park Formation and the Hell Creek Formation. It was named by Funston in 2020.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

3 finds

75 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: G. F. Funston. 2020. Caenagnathids of the Dinosaur Park Formation (Campanian) of Alberta, Canada: anatomy, osteohistology, taxonomy, and evolution. Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology 8:105-153