Apatoraptor
Appearance
Apatoraptor pennatus Temporal range:
Late Cretaceous, | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Family: | †Caenagnathidae |
Genus: | †Apatoraptor Funston & Currie, 2016 |
Species: | †A. pennatus
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Binomial name | |
†Apatoraptor pennatus Funston & Currie, 2016
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Apatoraptor is a genus of caenagnathid dinosaurs containing a single species, Apatoraptor pennatus. The only known fossil specimen of A. pennatus was discovered in the Campanian-age Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Alberta.[1]
References
- ^ Gregory F. Funston and Philip J. Currie (2016). "A new caenagnathid (Dinosauria: Oviraptorosauria) from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Alberta, Canada, and a reevaluation of the relationships of Caenagnathidae". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Online edition: e1160910. doi:10.1080/02724634.2016.1160910.