Apatoraptor
Name:
Apatoraptor
(Apatè robber).
Phonetic: A-pat-o-rap-tor.
Named By: G. F. Funston & P. J.
Currie - 2016.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Theropoda, Oviraptorosauria, Caenagnathidae,
Elmisaurinae.
Species: A. pennatus (type).
Diet: Uncertain.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Canada, Alberta - Horseshoe
Canyon Formation.
Time period: Campanian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Apatoraptor is a genus of caenagnathid oviraptosaur that lived in Canada during the late Cretaceous.
Further reading
- 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 36(4):e1160910:1-18. - G. F. Funston
& P. J. Currie - 2016.
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