Caenagnathus collinsi Caenagnathus
"recent jaw"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Caenagnathus 2.5 m (8.2 ft) long
2 people holding hands
- Length
- 2.5 m (8.2 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (75.5 Mya)
- Place
- Canada · Alberta, Canada
- Food
- Omnivore
- Clade
- Caenagnathidae
Caenagnathus (‘recent jaw’) is a genus of caenagnathid oviraptorosaurian dinosaur from the late Cretaceous period (Campanian stage, about 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.
What we know
- Named by Sternberg, 1940.
- Body length estimated at about 2.5 m.
- Fossils found in Canada and Alberta, Canada.