Anomalipes Anomalipes

"unusual foot"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Anomalipes 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (77.3–73.5 Mya)
Place
China
Food
Omnivore
Clade
Caenagnathidae

Anomalipes (meaning “unusual foot”) is an extinct genus of caenagnathid oviraptorosaurian dinosaurs known from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian age) Wangshi Group of China. The genus contains a single species, Anomalipes zhaoi, known from a partial hindlimb.

What we know

  • Named by Yu et al., 2018.
  • Fossils found in China.