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Caenagnathidae

Caenagnathasia

Generic theropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Caenagnathasia 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 Caenagnathasia
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (93–70.6 Mya)
Place
Asia · Uzbekistan
Food
Omnivore
Clade
Caenagnathidae
Caenagnathasia reconstruction by Matt Martyniuk (http://www.azhdarcho.com)
Reconstruction · Matt Martyniuk (http://www.azhdarcho.com) (CC-BY)

Caenagnathasia (‘recent jaw from Asia’) is a genus of small caenagnathid oviraptorosaurian theropod from the Late Cretaceous of Uzbekistan.

What we know

  • Named by Currie et al., 1994.
  • Fossils found in Asia and Uzbekistan.

What we guess

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