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Chirostenotes
| Chirostenotes Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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| Skeletal diagram showing known elements of C. pergracilis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Family: | †Caenagnathidae |
| Genus: | †Chirostenotes Gilmore, 1924 |
| Type species | |
| Chirostenotes pergracilis Gilmore, 1924
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| Synonyms | |
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Chirostenotes (/ˌkaɪroʊstɪˈnoʊtiːz/ KY-roh-stin-OH-teez; named from Greek 'narrow-handed') is a genus of oviraptorosaurian dinosaur from the late Cretaceous (about 76.5–75 million years ago[1]) of Alberta, Canada. The type species is Chirostenotes pergracilis.[2]
- ^ Gardner, James D.; Henderson, Donald M.; Therrien, François (2015). "Introduction to the Special Issue commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, with a summary of the museum's early history and its research contributions". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 52 (8): 7. Bibcode:2015CaJES..52D...5G. doi:10.1139/cjes-2015-0059.
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