Citipes
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Citipes (/ˈsɪtipɛz/) is an extinct genus of caenagnathid theropod from the Late Cretaceous Dinosaur Park Formation in Alberta, Canada. The genus contains only one species, the type species, C. elegans. The generic name of Citipes is Latin for "fleet-footed", and the specific epithet "elegans" is Latin for "elegant".[1] The type specimen of Citipes has a convoluted taxonomic history, and has been previously assigned to the genera Ornithomimus,[2] Macrophalangia,[3] Elmisaurus,[4] Chirostenotes,[5] and Leptorhynchos[6] before being given its own genus in 2020.[1]
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A diagram of all known material from Citipes with the material described in 2020 shown in pink | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Family: | †Caenagnathidae |
Subfamily: | †Elmisaurinae (?) |
Genus: | †Citipes Funston, 2020 |
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†Ornithomimus elegans Parks, 1933 | |
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Not to be confused with Citipati.