Chirostenotes Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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Scientific 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
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Chirostenotes (/ˌkaɪroʊstɪˈnoʊtiːz/ 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]