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sharp-clawed runner
Afromimus
Say it like this: “AF-ro-MY-mus”
Afromimus tenerensis
Afromimus ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Niger.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago
- Named in
- 2017 · Sereno, P. C.
- Hip height
- 1 m · 3 ft
- Length
- 4.1 m · 14 ft
- Weight
- 70 kg · 154 lb
- Found in
- Niger · Elrhaz
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Ceratosauria
The story in short
In 2017, P. C. Sereno published the name Afromimus. The name means “africa mimic.”
It lived in the Early Cretaceous (Albian), roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago. Finds come from Niger, including the Elrhaz Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Afromimus at a length near 4.1 m, hips about 1 m high, and a body mass around 70 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Ceratosauria, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Berberosaurus
Berberosaurus liassicus
Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian · Toarcian) · roughly 192.9 to 174.7 million years ago
Fosterovenator
Fosterovenator churei
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian · Tithonian) · roughly 154.8 to 143.1 million years ago
Orthogoniosaurus
Orthogoniosaurus matleyi
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago