Chirostenotes

Chirostenotes
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 76.5 Ma
Skeletal diagram showing known elements
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 million years ago) of Alberta, Canada. The type species is Chirostenotes pergracilis.[1]

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