Caenagnathus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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Skeletal reconstruction, showing all known elements | |
Holotype mandible | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Family: | †Caenagnathidae |
Subfamily: | †Caenagnathinae |
Genus: | †Caenagnathus Sternberg, 1940 |
Species: | †C. collinsi
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Binomial name | |
†Caenagnathus collinsi Sternberg, 1940
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Caenagnathus ('recent jaw') is a genus of caenagnathid oviraptorosaurian dinosaur from the late Cretaceous period (Campanian stage; ~75 million years ago). It is known from partial remains including lower jaws, a tail vertebra, hand bones, hind limbs, and pelvis, all found in the Dinosaur Park Formation of Alberta, Canada.