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Caenagnathus Caenagnathus collinsi Sternberg 1940
/kˈiːnɐɡnˌæθəs/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · 83.6–72.2 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
omnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Caenagnathus collinsi is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 83.6–72.2 million years ago. It was an omnivore. It was named by Sternberg 1940. The species is represented by 6 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~21%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 6 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Caenagnathus collinsi sits in deep time
Caenagnathus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Caenagnathus collinsi's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.