037--CHIROSTENOTES PERGRACILIS

project: DINOSAURIA
specimen 037

CHIROSTENOTES PERGRACILIS
"Gracile Throughout Narrow Hands"
Gilmore, 1924
Length: 2m (6.6ft)
Weight: 90kg (200lb)
Location: Alberta, Canada
Era: Campanian age, upper Cretaceous (75 million years ago)

Classification:
Dinosauria
Saurischia
Theropoda
Tetanurae
Avetheropoda
Coelurosauria
Maniraptoriformes
Maniraptora
Aviremigia
Oviraptorosauria
Caenagnathidae

Notes:
Chirostenotes has a complicated taxonomic history--originally known only from hand bones, both its feet and jaws have been previously thought to belong to two separate animals--Macrophalangia and Caenagnathus respectively, both now recognized as being synonymous with Chirostenotes.

Synonyms:
Macrophalangia canadensis Sternberg, 1932
Caenagnathus collinsi Sternberg, 1940