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Caenagnathidae

Anomalipes

"unusual foot"

Generic theropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Anomalipes 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic theropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Anomalipes
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.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Anomalipes — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.