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