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| name = ''Apatoraptor pennatus''
| name = ''Apatoraptor pennatus''
| fossil_range = <br>[[Late Cretaceous]], {{fossil range|74}}
| fossil_range = <br>[[Late Cretaceous]], {{fossil range|74}}
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| image_caption = Holotype fossil at [[Royal Tyrrell Museum]]
| genus = Apatoraptor
| genus = Apatoraptor
| parent_authority = Funston & [[Philip J. Currie|Currie]], 2016
| parent_authority = Funston & [[Philip J. Currie|Currie]], 2016

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Apatoraptor pennatus
Temporal range:
Late Cretaceous, 74 Ma
Holotype fossil at Royal Tyrrell Museum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Family: Caenagnathidae
Genus: Apatoraptor
Funston & Currie, 2016
Species:
A. pennatus
Binomial name
Apatoraptor pennatus
Funston & Currie, 2016

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

References

  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.