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Dinosaur: Chirostenotes pergracilis
| Length*: | 2.6 m | 8.5 ft |
| Weight*: | 40 kg | 88 lb |
| Speed: | 54 km/h | 34 mph |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Middle-Late Campanian
Years: 83.6–72.1 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Gilmore
Year: 1924
Distribution
Area: North America
Country: Canada
Region: Alberta
Formation: Dinosaur Park
Locations
Sources
Material: Forelimb bones, referred several individuals (partial and fragmentary skeletons, single bones).
References: Gregory F. Funston (2020). Caenagnathids of the Dinosaur Park Formation (Campanian) of Alberta, Canada: anatomy, osteo-histology, taxonomy, and evolution.
