Genus
Valid Extinct

Caenagnathasia

Currie et al. 1994

Caenagnathasia is a genus of small caenagnathid oviraptorosaurian theropod from the Late Cretaceous of Uzbekistan.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
7
Group
Dinosaures
Omnivore Ground dwelling (surface) Terrestrial
Caenagnathasia
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Caenagnathasia martinsoni Currie, Godfrey & Nessov, 1994. Mandibles of the holotype CMGP 401/12457 (left) and paratype CMGP 402/12457 (right). Mandibles in dorsal view, ventral view, and right lateral view. Paratype is copied, flipped and paired with the original on the right side. © Jaime A. Headden (User:Qilong) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Tetanurae Unranked clade
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Coelurosauria Unranked clade
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Maniraptora Unranked clade
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Oviraptorosauria Infraorder
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Caenagnathidae Family
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Caenagnathinae Subfamily
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Caenagnathasia Genus
Fossil sites 7 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan
6
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Bissekty
6
Iren Dabasu
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Turonian (93.9–89.8 Ma)
6
Species (1)
Caenagnathasia martinsoni 94 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
P. J. Currie, S. J. Godfrey, and L. Nessov. 1994. New caenagnathid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) specimens from the Upper Cretaceous of North America and Asia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 30(10-11):2255-2272 DOI ↗
Bibliography (3)
H.-D. Sues and A. O. Averianov. 2015. New material of Caenagnathasia martinsoni (Dinosauria: Theropoda: Oviraptorosauria) from the Bissekty Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Turonian) of Uzbekistan. Cretaceous Research 54:50-59 DOI ↗
X. Yao, X.-L. Wang, and C. Sullivan, S. Wang, T. A. Stidham, X. Xu. 2015. Caenagnathasia sp. (Theropoda: Oviraptorosauria) from the Iren Dabasu Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Campanian) of Erenhot, Nei Mongol, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 53(4):291-298
P. J. Currie, S. J. Godfrey, and L. Nessov. 1994. New caenagnathid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) specimens from the Upper Cretaceous of North America and Asia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 30(10-11):2255-2272 DOI ↗