Epichirostenotes
Field photograph to come
Epichirostenotes
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- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Caenagnathidae
- Found in
- Canada
- Named by
- Sullivan et al. 2011
Field notes
About Epichirostenotes
Epichirostenotes was an omnivorous theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Caenagnathidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Epichirostenotes, from Alberta. Its fossils come from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation. It was named by Sullivan et al. in 2011.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Caenagnathidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: R. M. Sullivan, S. E. Jasinski, and M. P. A. Van Tomme. 2011. A new caenagnathid Ojoraptorsaurus boerei, n. gen., n. sp. (Dinosauria, Oviraptorosauria), from the Upper Cretaceous Ojo Alamo Formation (Naashoibito Member), San Juan Basin, New Mexico. Fossil Record 3. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin