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sharp-clawed runner
Chirostenotes
Say it like this: “KY-roh-stin-OH-teez”
Chirostenotes pergracilis
Chirostenotes ate plants and meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Canada.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 1924 · Gilmore, C. W.
- Hip height
- 0.7 m · 2 ft
- Length
- 2.5 m · 8 ft
- Weight
- 100 kg · 220 lb
- Found in
- Canada · Dinosaur Park
- Food and walking
- Omnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Caenagnathidae
The story in short
Chirostenotes was formally named in 1924 by C. W. Gilmore.
Fossils referred to Chirostenotes date to the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from Canada, including the Dinosaur Park Formation. It was an omnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Chirostenotes at a length near 2.5 m, hips about 0.7 m high, and a body mass around 100 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Caenagnathidae, among the theropod dinosaurs.