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sharp-clawed runner
Caenagnathasia
Say it like this: “see-NAG-na-THAY-zhee-a”
Caenagnathasia martinsoni
Caenagnathasia ate plants and meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Uzbekistan.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Turonian) · roughly 93.9 to 89.8 million years ago
- Named in
- 1993 · Currie, P. J.; Godfrey, S. J.; Nessov, L.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 0.6 m · 2 ft
- Weight
- 1 kg · 2 lb
- Found in
- Uzbekistan · Bissekty
- Food and walking
- Omnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Caenagnathidae
The story in short
The genus Caenagnathasia dates to 1993, the year P. J. Currie and colleagues described it.
Fossils referred to Caenagnathasia date to the Late Cretaceous (Turonian), roughly 93.9 to 89.8 million years ago. Finds come from Uzbekistan, including the Bissekty Formation. It was an omnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Caenagnathasia at a length near 0.6 m and a body mass around 1 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Caenagnathidae, among the theropod dinosaurs.