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Original drawing of Aublysodon

sharp-clawed runner · Doubtful name

Aublysodon

Aublysodon mirandus

Aublysodon ate meat and moved in a way the fossils do not settle. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in the United States.

When
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Named in
1868 · Leidy, J.
Hip height
Not established
Length
Not established
Weight
Not established
Found in
the United States · Judith River
Food and walking
Carnivore · Not recorded
Kind
sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
Family branch
Tyrannosauridae

The story in short

Aublysodon was formally named in 1868 by J. Leidy.

Fossils referred to Aublysodon date to the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from the United States, including the Judith River Formation. It was a carnivore. A habitual gait is not settled.

The fossils of Aublysodon are too incomplete for a responsible length, hip height, or weight, so those fields are left blank on purpose.

On the family tree it sits in Tyrannosauridae, among the theropod dinosaurs.

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