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'''''Apatoraptor''''' is a species of [[Caenagnathidae|caenagnathid]] [[Theropoda|theropod]] [[dinosaur]] from the [[Campanian]] [[Horseshoe Canyon Formation]] of [[Alberta]].
'''''Apatoraptor''''' is a genus of [[Caenagnathidae|caenagnathid]] [[dinosaur]]s containing a single species, ''''Apatoraptor pennatus'''''. The only known fossil specimen of ''A. pennatus'' were fond in the [[Campanian]]-age [[Horseshoe Canyon Formation]] of [[Alberta]].<ref name=apatoraptor1>{{cite journal |author=Gregory F. Funston and Philip J. Currie |year=2016 |title=A new caenagnathid (Dinosauria: Oviraptorosauria) from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Alberta, Canada, and a reevaluation of the relationships of Caenagnathidae |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=Online edition |issue= |pages=e1160910 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2016.1160910 }}</ref>

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Apatoraptor is a genus of caenagnathid dinosaurs containing a single species, 'Apatoraptor pennatus. The only known fossil specimen of A. pennatus were fond in the Campanian-age Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Alberta.[1]

  1. ^ Gregory F. Funston and Philip J. Currie (2016). "A new caenagnathid (Dinosauria: Oviraptorosauria) from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Alberta, Canada, and a reevaluation of the relationships of Caenagnathidae". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Online edition: e1160910. doi:10.1080/02724634.2016.1160910.