Leptorhynchos gaddisi
| Leptorhynchos Temporal range: Late Cretaceous ~80.5 to 72 Ma - | |
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| Life reconstruction of L. gaddisi by one of the authors of its description | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | †Oviraptorosauria |
| Superfamily: | †Caenagnathoidea |
| Family: | †Caenagnathidae |
| Genus: | †Leptorhynchos Longrich et al., 2013 |
| Type species | |
| †Leptorhynchos gaddisi Longrich et al., 2013 | |
| Other species | |
Leptorhynchos (/ˌlɛptəuˈrɪŋkəus/) is an extinct genus of caenagnathid theropod from the Late Cretaceous of what is now the US state of Texas, although it has been suggested to also exist in Alberta and South Dakota. The type species is L. gaddisi, and it is currently the only widely accepted valid species. The generic name of Leptorhynchos comes from the Greek "leptos" meaning "small" and "rhynchos" meaning "beak". The specific epithet is in honor of the Gaddis family, who owned the land on which the holotype was discovered.