Citipes elegans SIHTEEPEZ
"elegant"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Citipes 2.1 m (6.9 ft) long
2 people holding hands
- Length
- 2.1 m (6.9 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (100–66 Mya)
- Place
- North America · Canada · Alberta, Canada
- Food
- Omnivore
- Clade
- Caenagnathidae
Citipes () is an extinct genus of caenagnathid theropod from the Late Cretaceous Dinosaur Park Formation in Alberta, Canada. The genus contains only one species, the type species, C. elegans. The generic name of Citipes is Latin for “fleet-footed”, and the specific epithet “elegans” is Latin for “elegant”. The type specimen of Citipes has a convoluted taxonomic history, and has been previously assigned to the genera Ornithomimus, Macrophalangia, Elmisaurus, Chirostenotes, and Leptorhynchos before being given its own genus in 2020.
What we know
- Named by Funston, 2020.
- Body length estimated at about 2.1 m.
- Fossils found in North America and Canada.