Caenagnathasia
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| Caenagnathasia Fossil range: Late Cretaceous |
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| Caenagnathasia martinsoni Currie, Godfrey, & Nessov 1993 |
Caenagnathasia (meaning 'recent jaw from Asia') was a small oviraptorosaurian dinosaur (superfamily Caenagnathoidea), measuring only 1 m (3 ft) in length, 0.6 m (2 ft) in height and weighing around 8 kg (18 lb). Like all oviraptorosaurs, Caenagnathasia had three fingers on each 'hand' (manus) and three toes on each 'foot' (pes), with bone fusion distinctly similar to that of birds. Caenagnathasia dentaries were the first caenagnathoid dentaries to be recovered and it is only from these samples that the species is known. Caenagnathasia lived in the late Cretaceous Period, around 90 mya, making it the earliest known caenagnathoid.
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- Caenagnathasia in The Dinosaur Enyclopaedia on Dino Russ' Lair
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