Apatoraptor pennatus Funston and Currie 2016 (maniraptoran)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Caenagnathidae

Full reference: G. F. Funston and P. 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):e1160910:1-18

Belongs to Apatoraptor according to G. F. Funston and P. J. Currie 2016

See also Funston 2020, Funston et al. 2021, Norell et al. 2018 and Rhodes et al. 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: TMP 1993.051.0001, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is 3 km west of RTMP, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Canada.

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: found only at 3 km west of RTMP

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