Reptilia - Theropoda - Caenagnathidae
Alternative spelling: Cheirostenotes
Synonym: Macrophalangia Sternberg 1932
Full reference: C. W. Gilmore. 1924. A new coelurid dinosaur from the Belly River Cretaceous of Alberta. Canada Department of Mines Geological Survey Bulletin (Geological Series) 38(43):1-12
Parent taxon: Caenagnathidae according to G. F. Funston and P. J. Currie 2016
See also Barsbold 1997, Carroll 1988, Clemens 1986, Currie 1987, Currie 1989, Currie 1992, Currie 2000, Currie and Russell 1985, Currie and Russell 1988, Dodson 1983, Eberth 1997, Eberth et al. 2001, Funston 2020, Gauthier 1986, Gilmore 1924, Hay 1930, Kuhn 1939, Lamanna et al. 2014, Le Loeuff et al. 1992, Longrich 2008, Longrich et al. 2013, Longrich et al. 2010, Lü et al. 2015, Lü et al. 2004, Lü and Zhang 2005, Maryanska et al. 2002, Molnar 1980, Nopcsa 1928, Osmolska 1981, Osmólska et al. 2004, Ostrom 1969, Parsch 1963, Paul 1988, Rauhut 2003, Romer 1956, Romer 1966, Russell 1930, Russell 1984, Russell and Dong 1994, Steel 1970, Sternberg 1932, Sues 1994, Sues 1997, Sullivan et al. 2011, Swinton 1970, Tatarinov 1964, Welles 1984, Xu and Han 2010 and Zanno and Sampson 2003
Sister taxa: Anomalipes, Beibeilong, Caenagnathinae, Elmisaurinae, Eoneophron, Gigantoraptor, Leptorhynchos, Microvenator, Ojoraptorsaurus, Ojoraptorsaurus boerei
Subtaxa: Chirostenotes pergracilis
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (9: Alberta collections), United States (18: Montana, South Dakota, Texas)
Total: 27 collections including 28 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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