Citipes
Named by Funston 2020 · Caenagnathidae · Theropods
Lived 83.6–72.1 million years ago, in the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous.Below: the genera most often found in the same fossil collections, on the same time scale.
Top: the whole age of dinosaurs, 251.9–66 million years ago; the outlined part is enlarged below. Each bar spans the ICS stages its well-dated fossil records fall in.
Citipes lived 83.6–72.1 million years ago, during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous. The Paleobiology Database lists 12 fossil records for it from 2 countries (Canada and United States) — the 95th most of the 99 genera on this site.
Most of what is known comes from one rock unit: 92% of its records are from the Dinosaur Park Formation.
Chasmosaurus appears in 18% of the collections that hold Citipes; Chirostenotes in 18%.
Its stage range spans about 11.5 million years (the 35th longest of 99); it is the 31st best-recorded of the 32 theropods here.
- Lived
- 83.6–72.1 Ma
- Stage
- Campanian
- Period
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Theropods
- Family
- Caenagnathidae
- Fossil records
- 12 · #95 of 99
- Collections
- 11
- Countries
- 2
How it compares with the other 98
Each thin line is one genus on this site — darker where several share a value. The marked line is Citipes.
Fossil records
12
95th most of 99 genera
Countries with records
2
Shared with 39 other genera
Length of stage range
11.5 My
35th longest of 99 genera
Where its fossils were found
12 fossil records with coordinates, at present-day positions.
States and provinces
Countries
The rocks it comes from, and the company it kept
Share of its 12 fossil records by rock formation; then the genera most often dug up in the same collections.
- Dinosaur Park 11 · 92%
- Hell Creek 1 · 8%
1 accepted species
The only species of Citipes accepted in PBDB
- Citipes elegansParks 1933 · 12 records
Records by stage
Well-dated records, by the stage of their mid-point age
Other theropods of its time
Same group, overlapping stage range, never found in the same collections. The amber band marks when Citipes lived.
- Troodon83.6–66 MaCanada, United States
- Dromaeosaurus83.6–66 MaCanada, United States
- Ornithomimus83.6–66 MaUnited States, Canada
- Albertosaurus83.6–66 MaCanada, United States
- Daspletosaurus83.6–72.1 MaUnited States, Canada
- Gorgosaurus83.6–72.1 MaCanada, United States
- Velociraptor83.6–72.1 MaMongolia, China
- Struthiomimus83.6–66 MaCanada, United States
Also from the same formations
Data: Paleobiology Database, taxon 427201 (CC BY 4.0), retrieved 2026-10-27. Ages follow the ICS chart — see how ranges are worked out.