| Apatoraptor Temporal range: Campanian
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| Holotype fossil at Royal Tyrrell Museum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Family: | †Caenagnathidae |
| Genus: | †Apatoraptor Funston & Currie, 2016 |
| Species: | †A. pennatus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Apatoraptor pennatus Funston & Currie, 2016
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Apatoraptor (meaning "deceptive thief") is a genus of caenagnathid dinosaur which contains a single species, A. pennatus. The only known specimen was discovered in the Campanian-age Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Alberta.[1]
- ^ Gregory F. Funston and Philip J. Currie (2016). "A new caenagnathid (Dinosauria: Oviraptorosauria) from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Alberta, Canada, and a reevaluation of the relationships of Caenagnathidae". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 36 (4): e1160910. doi:10.1080/02724634.2016.1160910. S2CID 131090028.