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Citipes Citipes elegans (Parks 1933)
/ˈsɪtipɛz/
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 83.6–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
omnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Where It Was Found
Countries
Canada, United States
Regions
Alberta · Montana
Formations
Dinosaur Park · Hell Creek
Dig sites
11
distinct collections
Overview
Citipes elegans is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 83.6–66.0 million years ago. It was an omnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling. Fossils have been recovered from Alberta, Canada and elsewhere. It was named by (Parks 1933). The species is represented by 12 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~38%
well attested
Based on 12 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Citipes elegans sits in deep time
Citipes
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Citipes elegans's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.