Dinosauria › Reptilia › Theropoda › Caenagnathidae
Chirostenotes
Chirostenotes pergracilis Gilmore 1924
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · 83.6–72.2 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
omnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Chirostenotes pergracilis 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 Gilmore 1924. The species is represented by 8 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~27%
confidence from occurrence count
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 8 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Chirostenotes sits in deep time
Chirostenotes
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Chirostenotes's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.