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sharp-clawed runner · Doubtful name
Betasuchus
Say it like this: “BAYT-uh-SOOK-us”
Betasuchus bredai
Betasuchus ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in the Netherlands.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 1932 · Huene, F. V.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 4 m · 13 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- the Netherlands · Maastricht
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Abelisauroidea
The story in short
The genus Betasuchus dates to 1932, the year F. V. Huene described it.
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from the Netherlands, including the Maastricht Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Betasuchus at a length near 4 m.
On the family tree it sits in Abelisauroidea, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Bahariasaurus
Bahariasaurus ingens
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
Coeluroides
Coeluroides largus
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
Compsosuchus
Compsosuchus solus
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago