Chirostenotes keyerohstih-NOHTIːZ

"large toes from Canada"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Chirostenotes 2.5 m (8.2 ft) long
2 people holding hands
Length
2.5 m (8.2 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (76.5–75 Mya)
Place
Canada · Alberta, Canada
Food
Omnivore
Clade
Caenagnathidae

Chirostenotes ( ; named from Greek ‘narrow-handed’) is a genus of oviraptorosaurian dinosaur from the late Cretaceous (about 76.5–75 million years ago) of Alberta, Canada. The type species is Chirostenotes pergracilis.

What we know

  • Named by Gilmore, 1924.
  • Body length estimated at about 2.5 m.
  • Fossils found in Canada and Alberta, Canada.