Macrophalangia

large phalanges (large toe bones)

• macro- · Greek · large, long
• phalangia · Greek · phalanges, finger/toe bones

The name combines Greek roots meaning "large" and "phalanx" (a finger or toe bone). It refers to the long, slender toe bones of the foot specimen on which the genus was based. The type species is Macrophalangia canadensis.

Named by

Sternberg

Year named

1932

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Campanian

Found in

Dinosaur Park Formation, Alberta, Canada

A caenagnathid oviraptorosaur. The genus was based on a foot specimen and was sunk into Chirostenotes by Currie and Russell in 1988, so it is generally treated as a junior synonym. Later work has debated whether the foot material belongs to a distinct animal, so its status is not entirely settled.