CAENAGNATHUS
Pronunciation: SEE-nig-NAY-thus
Translation: Recent Jaw
Also known as: Chirostenotes
Description: Carnivore, Bipedal
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
Infraorder: Tetanurae (not confirmed)
Micro-order: Maniraptora (of the microorder Coelurosauria)
Superfamily: Oviraptorosauria
Family: Caenagnathidae
Height:
Length: 6.6 feet (2 meters)
Weight:
Period: Late Cretaceous


Notes: When first discovered, its remains suggested a more primitive animal than Chirostenotes; and thus it should have been an earlier species. However, current theory holds that Caenagnathus, Macrophalangia and some material referred to Elmisaurus are all probably Chirostenotes.