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sharp-clawed runner
Epichirostenotes
Say it like this: “ep-ih-KI-roh-steh-NO-teez”
Epichirostenotes curriei
Epichirostenotes 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
- 2011 · Sullivan, R. M.; Jasinski, S. E.; Van Tomme, M. P. A.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Canada · Horseshoe Canyon
- Food and walking
- Omnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Caenagnathidae
The story in short
In 2011, R. M. Sullivan and colleagues published the name Epichirostenotes.
Fossils referred to Epichirostenotes date to the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from Canada, including the Horseshoe Canyon Formation. It was an omnivore and walked on two legs.
The fossils of Epichirostenotes are too incomplete for a responsible length, hip height, or weight, so those fields are left blank on purpose.
On the family tree it sits in Caenagnathidae, among the theropod dinosaurs.