Anomalipes
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Anomalipes (meaning "unusual foot") is an extinct genus of caenagnathid oviraptorosaurian dinosaurs known from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian age) Wangshi Group of China. The genus contains a single species, Anomalipes zhaoi, known from a partial hindlimb.
==Discovery and naming== The remains of Anomalipes were discovered within a Shantungosaurus bonebed at the Kugou locality. The holotype (ZCDM V0020, housed at Zhucheng Dinosaur Museum, Zhucheng, Shandong) is an incomplete left hind-limb, including a partial left thigh, shin and shank, a complete metatarsal III and two toe bones.
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