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sharp-clawed runner
Alnashetri
Say it like this: “al-nuh-sheh-tree”
Alnashetri cerropoliciensis
Alnashetri ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Argentina.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
- Named in
- 2012 · Makovicky, P. J.; Apesteguía, S.; Gianechini, F. A.
- Hip height
- 0.2 m · 1 ft
- Length
- 0.6 m · 2 ft
- Weight
- 2 kg · 4 lb
- Found in
- Argentina · Candeleros
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Alvarezsauroidea
The story in short
Alnashetri was formally named in 2012 by P. J. Makovicky and colleagues. The name means “slender thighs.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian), roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago. Finds come from Argentina, including the Candeleros Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Alnashetri at a length near 0.6 m, hips about 0.2 m high, and a body mass around 2 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Alvarezsauroidea, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Bannykus
Bannykus wulatensis
Early Cretaceous (Aptian) · roughly 121.4 to 113.2 million years ago
Haplocheirus
Haplocheirus sollers
Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic (Callovian · Oxfordian) · roughly 165.3 to 154.8 million years ago
Shishugounykus
Shishugounykus inexpectus
Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic (Callovian · Oxfordian) · roughly 165.3 to 154.8 million years ago