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sharp-clawed runner
Balaur
Say it like this: “BAL-our”
Balaur bondoc
Balaur ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Romania.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 2010 · Csiki, Z.; Vremir, M.; Brusatte, S. L.; Norell, M. A.
- Hip height
- 0.6 m · 2 ft
- Length
- 1.8–2.5 m · 6–8 ft
- Weight
- 15 kg · 33 lb
- Found in
- Romania · Sebeș
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Dromaeosauridae
The story in short
The genus Balaur dates to 2010, the year Z. Csiki and colleagues described it.
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from Romania, including the Sebeș Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Balaur at a length near 1.8–2.5 m, hips about 0.6 m high, and a body mass around 15 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Dromaeosauridae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Asiamericana
Asiamericana asiatica
Late Cretaceous (Turonian · Coniacian) · roughly 93.9 to 85.7 million years ago
Dakotaraptor
Dakotaraptor steini
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
Daurlong
Daurlong wangi
Early Cretaceous (Aptian) · roughly 121.4 to 113.2 million years ago