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        "Only PBDB gives this, and it infers it for the whole of Oviraptorosauria, the group this genus belongs to, not from this genus's own fossils."
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        "PBDB infers this way of life for the whole of Oviraptorosauria; behaviour is rarely known for one genus."
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            "NHM and PBDB both record it."
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            "Only PBDB records it (16 records)."
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  "credits_markdown": "## Chirostenotes: Sources & credits\n\n_Scope: confirmed matches only._\n\n### Data\n- **Paleobiology Database** (https://paleobiodb.org): [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Data from the Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org), licensed CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 4 October 2026, 5 October 2026, 10 October 2026, 11 October 2026.\n- **Natural History Museum Data Portal** (https://data.nhm.ac.uk): [Creative Commons Zero 1.0 (public domain dedication)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Natural History Museum (London) Data Portal, Collection specimens dataset, https://doi.org/10.5519/0002965. Image licenses vary per record. Retrieved 4 October 2026, 5 October 2026, 11 October 2026. _Credited as a courtesy: this licence doesn't require attribution._\n- **Wikidata** (https://www.wikidata.org): [Creative Commons Zero 1.0 (public domain dedication)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Data from Wikidata (https://www.wikidata.org), CC0 1.0. Retrieved 11 October 2026. _Credited as a courtesy: this licence doesn't require attribution._\n\nAges for 1 specimen(s) were derived from their stage names using the ICS International Chronostratigraphic Chart v2024/12 (International Commission on Stratigraphy), via the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).\n\n### Images (8)\n- “File:Chirostenotes BW.jpg” (Taxon image): User:ArthurWeasley (Own work), via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chirostenotes_BW.jpg). [Creative Commons Attribution 2.5](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/).\n- “File:Chirostenotes pergracilis hand.jpg” (Taxon image): Gregory Funston (https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/vamp/index.php/VAMP/article/view/29362), via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chirostenotes_pergracilis_hand.jpg). [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).\n- “File:Chirostenotes skeletal.jpg” (Taxon image): Gregory Funston (https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/vamp/index.php/VAMP/article/view/29362), via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chirostenotes_skeletal.jpg). [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).\n- “File:Oviraptorosaur lower jaw comparison.png” (Taxon image): Junchang Lü, Laiping Yi, Hui Zhong & Xuefang Wei ((2013). \"A New Oviraptorosaur (Dinosauria: Oviraptorosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of Southern China and Its Paleoecological Implications\". PLOS ONE 8 (11): e80557. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0080557. PMID 24312233. PMC: 3842309.), via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oviraptorosaur_lower_jaw_comparison.png). [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).\n- “File:Pelvic elements of Chirostenotes.jpg” (Taxon image): Gregory Funston (https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/vamp/index.php/VAMP/article/view/29362), via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pelvic_elements_of_Chirostenotes.jpg). [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).\n- “File:Volant Chirostenotes.jpg” (Taxon image): PaleoEquii (Own work), via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Volant_Chirostenotes.jpg). [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Shown unmodified (share-alike licence).\n- “NHM-UK_P_DF118_03_24_0527” (specimen PV R 10903): The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London; via NHM Data Portal (https://data.nhm.ac.uk/media/9d2bab19-ea89-4db6-b057-0fc8164aa358). [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).\n- “010032954_L010093226_(2)” (specimen PV R 10903): The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London; via NHM Data Portal (https://data.nhm.ac.uk/media/d1312d6c-7e27-4121-aa87-2cc8bca1eee4). [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).\n\n### Scientific references\n\n95 published reference(s) support this entry (via the Paleobiology Database).\n",
  "notice": "Omnisaura data combines sources under different licences. Every genus file lists its credits; anyone showing a value must show the credits for it. Images keep their own licences; share-alike images may only be shown unmodified.",
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      "name": "Paleobiology Database",
      "id": "38555",
      "url": "https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=38555"
    },
    {
      "scheme": "enwiki",
      "name": "Wikipedia (English)",
      "id": "Chirostenotes",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chirostenotes"
    },
    {
      "scheme": "gbif",
      "name": "GBIF",
      "id": "4822718",
      "url": "https://www.gbif.org/species/4822718"
    },
    {
      "scheme": "wikidata",
      "name": "Wikidata",
      "id": "Q131400",
      "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131400"
    }
  ],
  "other_names": {
    "species": [
      "Chirostenotes pergracilis"
    ],
    "synonyms": [
      {
        "name": "Macrophalangia",
        "status": "subjective synonym of",
        "authority": "Sternberg 1932"
      }
    ]
  },
  "original_description": {
    "citation": "C. W. Gilmore (1924). A new coelurid dinosaur from the Belly River Cretaceous of Alberta. Canada Department of Mines Geological Survey Bulletin (Geological Series) 38(43): 1–12.",
    "authors": "C. W. Gilmore",
    "year": 1924,
    "title": "A new coelurid dinosaur from the Belly River Cretaceous of Alberta",
    "publication": "Canada Department of Mines Geological Survey Bulletin (Geological Series)",
    "volume": "38",
    "issue": "43",
    "pages": "1–12",
    "doi": "10.4095/105003",
    "url": "https://doi.org/10.4095/105003",
    "what": "The publication the Paleobiology Database gives as the authority for this genus name, usually the one that first named and described it.",
    "confidence": {
      "level": "high",
      "reasons": [
        "PBDB gives this publication for the name; its author and year match the naming authority (Gilmore 1924), on which PBDB and Wikidata agree."
      ]
    },
    "source": "pbdb",
    "source_name": "Paleobiology Database",
    "license_id": "CC-BY-4.0",
    "pbdb_reference_no": "12060"
  },
  "summary": "Omnisaura summary: Chirostenotes, Gilmore 1924\n\n- Named by: Gilmore 1924 (high confidence: PBDB and Wikidata agree).\n- Family: Caenagnathidae (medium confidence: only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it).\n- Parent group: Caenagnathidae (medium confidence: only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it).\n- Age, as published by the Paleobiology Database: Campanian to Maastrichtian, 83.6–66 million years ago (high confidence: PBDB and NHM agree).\n- Age, Omnisaura's own calculation (not a published figure): 83.6–66 million years ago (medium confidence: Omnisaura's calculation from 24 confirmed PBDB records).\n- Fossils found in: Canada (high: NHM and PBDB both record it); United States (medium: only PBDB records it (16 records)).\n- Rock formations: Judith River Formation (high: NHM and PBDB both record it); Aguja (medium: only PBDB records it (2 records)); Dinosaur Park (medium: only PBDB records it (8 records)); Hell Creek Formation (medium: only PBDB records it (12 records)).\n- Original description: C. W. Gilmore (1924). A new coelurid dinosaur from the Belly River Cretaceous of Alberta. Canada Department of Mines Geological Survey Bulletin (Geological Series) 38(43): 1–12. https://doi.org/10.4095/105003 (high confidence: PBDB gives this publication for the name; its author and year match the naming authority (Gilmore 1924), on which PBDB and Wikidata agree).\n- Diet, inferred by PBDB for the group: omnivore (medium confidence: only PBDB gives this, and it infers it for the whole of Oviraptorosauria, the group this genus belongs to, not from this genus's own fossils).\n- Way of life, inferred by PBDB for the group: ground dwelling (low confidence: PBDB infers this way of life for the whole of Oviraptorosauria; behaviour is rarely known for one genus).\n\nNot known or disputed:\n- Type species: no source Omnisaura uses gives this.\n- Order: no source Omnisaura uses gives this.\n- Common names: no source Omnisaura uses gives this.\n- Named after: no source Omnisaura uses gives this.\n- 4 record(s) left out: pBDB fossil records identified only tentatively (for example 'cf.', '?', or the genus name in quotation marks, PBDB's mark for a loose use).\n\nNot covered by Omnisaura: size, weight, appearance, or behaviour beyond the way of life PBDB infers for the group. Do not fill these in from general knowledge as if they came from Omnisaura.\n\nCredits (must be shown with any of this): Natural History Museum Data Portal (CC0-1.0); Paleobiology Database (CC-BY-4.0); Wikidata (CC0-1.0)."
}
