Leptorhynchos
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Leptorhynchos
DV-0861 · 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
- Longrich et al. 2013
Field notes
About Leptorhynchos
Leptorhynchos 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 9 finds of Leptorhynchos, from Alberta, Saskatchewan and Texas. Its fossils come from rocks including the Dinosaur Park Formation, the Aguja Formation and the Frenchman Formation. It was named by Longrich et al. in 2013.
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: N. R. Longrich, K. Barnes, and S. Clark, L. Millar. 2013. Caenagnathidae from the upper Campanian Aguja Formation of west Texas, and a revision of the Caenagnathinae. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 54(1):23-49