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sharp-clawed runner · Doubtful name
Beipiaognathus
Say it like this: “bay-pyow-gna-thus”
Beipiaognathus jii
Beipiaognathus ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago
- Named in
- 2016 · Hu, Y.; Wang, X.; Huang, J.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- China · Yixian
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Compsognathidae
The story in short
In 2016, Y. Hu and colleagues published the name Beipiaognathus. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
It lived in the Early Cretaceous (Barremian), roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Yixian Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
The fossils of Beipiaognathus 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 Compsognathidae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Aristosuchus
Aristosuchus pusillus
Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago
Compsognathus
Compsognathus longipes
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian · Tithonian) · roughly 154.8 to 143.1 million years ago
Huadanosaurus
Huadanosaurus sinensis
Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago