Citipes

Sit-i-pes.
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Lilah Turner

Evolutionary Biologist

Lilah Turner investigates how prehistoric animals adapted to changing environments, offering insights into evolution's mechanisms.

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Name

Citipes ‭(‬fllet-footed‭).

Phonetic

Sit-i-pes.

Named By

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Theropoda,‭ Oviraptorosauria, ‬Caenagnathidae,‭ ‬Elmisaurinae.

Diet

Uncertain/herbivore?

Species

C.‭ ‬elegans‭

Size

Uncertain.

Known locations

Canada,‭ ‬Alberta‭ ‬-‭ ‬Dinosaur Park Formation.

Time Period

Campanian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Partial remains including limbs bones,‭ ‬pelvis and jaw.

In Depth

       Fossils of Citipes were first described in‭ ‬1933,‭ ‬but as a species of Ornithomimus.‭ ‬After this they subsequently moved into the Elmisaurus and Leptorhynchos genera respectively,‭ ‬before finally being described as a distinct genus in‭ ‬2020.‭ ‬Citipes is a genus of oviraptosaur dinosaur that lived in North America during the late Cretaceous.

Further reading

-‭ ‬New species of dinosaurs and turtles from the Upper Cretaceous formations of Alberta.‭ ‬-‭ ‬University of Toronto Studies,‭ ‬Geological Series,‭ ‬34:‭ ‬1-33.‭ ‬-‭ ‬W.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬parks‭ ‬-‭ ‬1933.

-‭ ‬Caenagnathidae from the Upper Campanian Aguja Formation of West Texas,‭ ‬and a Revision of the Caenagnathinae.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History.‭ ‬54:‭ ‬23‭–‬49.‭ ‬-‭ ‬N.‭ ‬R.‭ ‬Longrich,‭ ‬K.‭ ‬Barnes,‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Clark‭ & ‬L.‭ ‬Millar‭ ‬-‭ ‬2013.

-‭ ‬Correction to‭ ‘‬Caenagnathidae from the Upper Campanian Aguja Formation of West Texas,‭ ‬and a Revision of the Caenagnathinae‭’‬.‭ ‬-‭ ‬N.‭ ‬R.‭ ‬Longrich,‭ ‬K.‭ ‬Barnes,‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Clark‭ & ‬L.‭ ‬Millar‭ ‬-‭ ‬2013.

-‭ ‬Caenagnathids of the Dinosaur Park Formation‭ (‬Campanian‭) ‬of Alberta,‭ ‬Canada:‭ ‬anatomy,‭ ‬osteohistology,‭ ‬taxonomy,‭ ‬and evolution.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology.‭ ‬8:‭ ‬105‭–‬153.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Gregory Funston‭ ‬-‭ ‬2020.

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