Chirostenotes

Chirostenotes
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 76.5–75 Ma
Skeletal diagram showing known elements of C. pergracilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Family: Caenagnathidae
Genus: Chirostenotes
Gilmore, 1924
Type species
Chirostenotes pergracilis
Gilmore, 1924
Synonyms
  • Macrophalangia canadensis Sternberg, 1932
  • Caenagnathus sternbergi? Cracraft, 1971

Chirostenotes (/ˌkrstɪˈntz/ KY-roh-stin-OH-teez; named from Greek 'narrow-handed') is a genus of oviraptorosaurian dinosaur from the late Cretaceous (about 76.5–75 million years ago[1]) of Alberta, Canada. The type species is Chirostenotes pergracilis.[2]

  1. ^ Gardner, James D.; Henderson, Donald M.; Therrien, François (2015). "Introduction to the Special Issue commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, with a summary of the museum's early history and its research contributions". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 52 (8): 7. Bibcode:2015CaJES..52D...5G. doi:10.1139/cjes-2015-0059.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference CWG24 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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