Leptorhynchos (dinosaur)
| Leptorhynchos Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 75–66 Ma | |
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| Foot bones of L. elegans | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Saurischia |
| Suborder: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | †Oviraptorosauria |
| Family: | †Caenagnathidae |
| Subfamily: | †Caenagnathinae |
| Genus: | †Leptorhynchos Longrich et al., 2013 |
| Type species | |
| †Leptorhynchos gaddisi[1] Longrich et al., 2013 | |
| Species | |
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†L. elegans | |
Leptorhynchos is an extinct genus of caenagnathid dinosaurs known from the Late Cretaceous Dinosaur Park, Hell Creek[2] and Aguja Formations of west Texas and Montana, USA and southern Alberta, Canada.[3] It lived about 75 to 66 million years ago.[2]
Foot specimen TMP 2000.012.0008
See also
References
- ↑ Longrich, N. R.; Barnes, K.; Clark, S.; Millar, L. (2013). "Correction to "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 (2): 263. doi:10.3374/014.054.0204.
- 1 2 Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous; North America; Montana). Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 584
- ↑ Longrich, N. R.; Barnes, K.; Clark, S.; Millar, L. (2013). "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. doi:10.3374/014.054.0102.
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