Named By: | Charles Whitney Gilmore in 1924 |
Time Period: | Late Cretaceous, 76.5 Ma |
Location: | Canada - Alberta - Dinosaur Park Formation |
Size: | 2 meters long |
Diet: | Omnivore |
Fossil(s): | Partial remains |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Oviraptoridea | |
Also known as: | | Caenagnathus collinsi | Caenagnathus sternbergi | Chirostenotes sternbergi | Elmisaurus elegans | Ornithomimus elegans | Macrophalangia canadensis | |
Chirostenotes ( KY-ro-sti-NOH-teez; named from Greek 'narrow-handed') is a genus of oviraptorosaurian dinosaur from the late Cretaceous (about 76.5 million years ago) of Alberta, Canada. The type species is Chirostenotes pergracilis.