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sharp-clawed runner
Adasaurus
Say it like this: “AH-duh-SOR-uhs”
Adasaurus mongoliensis
Adasaurus ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Mongolia.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 1983 · Barsbold, R.
- Hip height
- 0.6 m · 2 ft
- Length
- 2.4–3.5 m · 8–11 ft
- Weight
- 36–87 kg · 79–192 lb
- Found in
- Mongolia · Nemegt
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Velociraptorinae
The story in short
In 1983, R. Barsbold published the name Adasaurus. The name means “evil lizard.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from Mongolia, including the Nemegt Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Adasaurus at a length near 2.4–3.5 m, hips about 0.6 m high, and a body mass around 36–87 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Velociraptorinae, among the theropod dinosaurs.