2005年にPhil SenterおよびJ. Michael Parrishはキロステノテスの手の機能を研究し、独特の真直ぐな鉤爪のある細長い第二指は隙間を探ることに適応していた可能性があることを発見した。そしてこの第二指で無脊椎動物、装甲を持たない両生類、爬虫類、哺乳類など柔らかな体の動物を突き刺して狩っていたと示唆した[1]。しかし、もし、キロステノテスの第二指にカウディプテリクスのなど他のオヴィラプトロサウルス類で見つかっている大型の初列風切があったとすると、このような行動をすることは出来ない[2]。
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