PRONUNCIATION: |
kye-ROSS-ten-o-teez |
TRANSLATION: |
Narrow Hand |
ALSO KNOWN AS: |
Macrophalangia |
DESCRIPTION: |
Carnivore, Bipedal |
ORDER: |
Saurischia |
SUBORDER: |
Theropoda |
INFRAORDER: |
Tetanurae |
MICRO-ORDER: |
Maniraptora (of the microorder Coelurosauria) |
SUPERFAMILY: |
n/a |
FAMILY: |
Elmisauridae |
HEIGHT: |
3.5 feet (1.1 meters) |
LENGTH: |
7 feet (2.1 meters) |
WEIGHT: |
na |
PERIOD: |
Late Cretaceous |
NOTES: |
Chirostenotes is known from fragmentary remains found in Alberta, Canada. Each hand had three narrow, clawed fingers, with the middle finger being considerably longer than the others. Also discovered in the same formation was Macrophalangia, and when a partial skeleton was later recovered, it was determined that Macrophalangia and Chirostenotes were the same creature. |
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