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sharp-clawed runner
Citipes
Say it like this: “sit-eye-pez”
Citipes elegans
Citipes 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
- 2020 · Funston, G.
- Hip height
- 0.8 m · 3 ft
- Length
- 1–2.1 m · 3–7 ft
- Weight
- 32 kg · 71 lb
- Found in
- Canada · Dinosaur Park
- Food and walking
- Omnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Caenagnathidae
The story in short
The genus Citipes dates to 2020, the year G. Funston described it.
It lived in 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 Citipes at a length near 1–2.1 m, hips about 0.8 m high, and a body mass around 32 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Caenagnathidae, among the theropod dinosaurs.