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sharp-clawed runner
Aoniraptor
Say it like this: “ay-OH-nee-RAP-tuhr”
Aoniraptor libertatem
Aoniraptor ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Argentina.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian) · roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago
- Named in
- 2016 · Motta, M. J.; Aranciaga Rolando, A. M.; Rozadilla, S.; Agnolín, F. L.; Chimento, N. R.; Brissón Egli, F.; Novas, F. E.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 6 m · 20 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Argentina · Huincul
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Megaraptora
The story in short
In 2016, M. J. Motta and colleagues published the name Aoniraptor. The name means “southern thief.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian), roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago. Finds come from Argentina, including the Huincul Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Aoniraptor at a length near 6 m.
On the family tree it sits in Megaraptora, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Fukuiraptor
Fukuiraptor kitadaniensis
Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian · Barremian · Aptian) · roughly 132.6 to 113.2 million years ago
Phuwiangvenator
Phuwiangvenator yaemniyomi
Early Cretaceous (Valanginian · Hauterivian) · roughly 137.1 to 125.8 million years ago
Rapator
Rapator ornitholestoides
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago