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Caenagnathus
Taxonomy
Caenagnathus was named by Sternberg (1940). Its type is Caenagnathus collinsi. It is the type genus of Caenagnathidae, Caenagnathinae.
It was synonymized subjectively with Chirostenotes by Paul (1988), Sues (1994), Sues (1997), Barsbold (1997), Rauhut (2003), Osmólska et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Coelurosauria by Steel (1970); to Ornithomimidae by Swinton (1970), Brodkorb (1978); to Coeluridae by Dodson (1983); to Oviraptorosauria by Currie and Russell (1985); to Oviraptoridae by Carroll (1988); to Caenagnathidae by Sternberg (1940), Wetmore (1956), Romer (1966), Cracraft (1971), Molnar (1980), Barsbold (1981), Barsbold (1983), Thulborn (1984), Clemens (1986), Gauthier (1986), Currie and Russell (1988), Currie (1992), Sereno (1997), Sereno (1998), Varricchio (2001), Longrich (2008), Lamanna et al. (2014), Lü et al. (2015), Tsuihiji et al. (2015), Funston et al. (2015), Funston and Currie (2016), Tsuihiji et al. (2017); and to Caenagnathinae by Longrich et al. (2013), Funston et al. (2016), Funston (2020).
It was synonymized subjectively with Chirostenotes by Paul (1988), Sues (1994), Sues (1997), Barsbold (1997), Rauhut (2003), Osmólska et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Coelurosauria by Steel (1970); to Ornithomimidae by Swinton (1970), Brodkorb (1978); to Coeluridae by Dodson (1983); to Oviraptorosauria by Currie and Russell (1985); to Oviraptoridae by Carroll (1988); to Caenagnathidae by Sternberg (1940), Wetmore (1956), Romer (1966), Cracraft (1971), Molnar (1980), Barsbold (1981), Barsbold (1983), Thulborn (1984), Clemens (1986), Gauthier (1986), Currie and Russell (1988), Currie (1992), Sereno (1997), Sereno (1998), Varricchio (2001), Longrich (2008), Lamanna et al. (2014), Lü et al. (2015), Tsuihiji et al. (2015), Funston et al. (2015), Funston and Currie (2016), Tsuihiji et al. (2017); and to Caenagnathinae by Longrich et al. (2013), Funston et al. (2016), Funston (2020).
Species
C. collinsi (type species)
Entered
by M. Carrano on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Carrano on 2023-10-26
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1940 | Caenagnathus Sternberg p. 81 |
| 1956 | Caenagnathus Wetmore p. 6 |
| 1966 | Caenagnathus Romer p. 369 |
| 1970 | Caenagnathus Steel p. 20 |
| 1970 | Caenagnathus Swinton p. 1377 |
| 1971 | Caenagnathus Cracraft p. 806 |
| 1978 | Caenagnathus Brodkorb p. 223 |
| 1980 | Caenagnathus Molnar p. 137 |
| 1981 | Caenagnathus Barsbold |
| 1983 | Caenagnathus Barsbold p. 94 |
| 1983 | Caenagnathus Dodson p. 95 |
| 1984 | Caenagnathus Thulborn p. 132 |
| 1985 | Caenagnathus Currie and Russell p. 25 |
| 1986 | Caenognathus Clemens p. 79 |
| 1986 | Caenagnathus Gauthier p. 9 |
| 1988 | Caenagnathus Carroll |
| 1988 | Caenagnathus Currie and Russell p. 985 |
| 1992 | Caenagnathus Currie p. 239 |
| 1997 | Caenagnathus Sereno p. 457 |
| 1998 | Caenagnathus Sereno p. 65 |
| 2001 | Caenagnathus Varricchio p. 46 |
| 2008 | Caenagnathus Longrich p. 994 |
| 2013 | Caenagnathus Longrich et al. |
| 2014 | Caenagnathus Lamanna et al. p. 10 fig. 6 |
| 2015 | Caenagnathus Funston et al. p. 180 |
| 2015 | Caenagnathus Lü et al. |
| 2015 | Caenagnathus Tsuihiji et al. p. 61 |
| 2016 | Caenagnathus Funston and Currie p. 14 |
| 2017 | Caenagnathus Tsuihiji et al. p. 10 |
| 2020 | Caenagnathus Funston p. 136 fig. 20 |
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available