Chirostenotes
"slender hand"
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CLASSIFICATION

Chirostenotes Gilmore, 1924
Animalia
Vertebrata
Tetrapoda
Sauropsida
Archosauromorpha
Ornithodira
Dinosauria
Theropoda
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria
Oviraptorosauria

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MEASUREMENTS

LENGTH:
  • C. pergracilis: 2 m
  • C. sternbergi: 1.7 m
MASS:
  • C. pergracilis: ?20 kg
  • C. sternbergi: ?50 kg

see also: World Records


TIME

late Campanian

see also: Ages of the Mesozoic


PLACE

Alberta

see also: Paleo-Maps


REMAINS

see also: Anatomy


ESSAY

Chirostenotes sternbergi may be the same as C. pergracilis, perhaps a different gender. Some material may belong to a new species.


IMAGES

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TODD MARSHALL

Paint

[THUMBNAIL] The Charge: A Tyrannosaurus rex chases two Chirostenotes.

JORDAN MALLON

Pencil

[THUMBNAIL] Chirostenotes pergracilis observes as a Daspletosaurus torosus chases a pair of Stegoceras validum. (Chirostenotes very likely had feathery integument.)

DANIEL BENSEN

Digital (Two-Dimensional), Paint

[THUMBNAIL] Field guide to the Oviraptorosauria
I.    Chirostenotes sternbergi (based on Chirostenotes pergracilis) 
II.   Chirostenotes pergracilis
III.  Chirostenotes sp. (based on Chirostenotes pergracilis) 
IV.   Elmisaurus rarus (based on other Caenagnathidae) 
V.    Nomingia gobiensis (based on other Oviraptorosauria) 
VI.   Caenagnathasia martinsoni
VII.  Elmisaurus elegans (based on other Caenagnathidae)
VIII. Ingenia yanshini
IX.   Ingenia yanshini morph
      (possibly a different age, sex, species or subspecies from type) 
X.    Conchoraptor gracilis
XI.   Oviraptor philoceratops
XII.  Oviraptor philoceratops morph AMNH 6517 
      (possibly a different age, sex, species or subspecies from type) 
XIII. Oviraptor philoceratops morph
      (possibly a different age, sex, species or subspecies from type) 
XIV.  Rinchenia mongoliensis
  

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