Dinosaur
Chirostenotes
It had a beak, long arms, and hands with strong claws.
The name Chirostenotes draws the eye to its narrow, clawed hands.
Three stages. One companion.
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Chirostenotes at a glance
- Diet
- Diet debated
- Its beak and jaws have led to different feeding hypotheses. A dinosaur’s name does not prove that it ate eggs.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Caenagnathidae
- Caenagnathids
- Fossil locations
- Alberta
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Chirostenotes
It belonged to the oviraptorosaurs, and its name means “narrow hand.” The reference species, C. pergracilis, comes from near the end of the Cretaceous in Canada.
It had a beak, long arms and hands with strong claws. Studying those features together allows comparisons with other oviraptorosaurs without reducing the animal to a single trait.
This grouping describes evolutionary relationships. Its members share ancestors; they do not form a chain in which one must turn into another.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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- Chirostenotes pergracilis
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- Chirostenotes
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- Caenagnathidae
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