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sharp-clawed runner
Caletodraco
Say it like this: “KAL-eh-tow-DRAH-ko”
Caletodraco cottardi
Caletodraco ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in France.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
- Named in
- 2024 · Buffetaut, E.; Tong, H.; Girard, J.; Hoyez, B.; Párraga, J.
- Hip height
- 1.5 m · 5 ft
- Length
- 6 m · 20 ft
- Weight
- 900 kg · 1,984 lb
- Found in
- France · Craie glauconieuse
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Furileusauria
The story in short
The genus Caletodraco dates to 2024, the year E. Buffetaut and colleagues described it. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian), roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago. Finds come from France, including the Craie glauconieuse Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Caletodraco at a length near 6 m, hips about 1.5 m high, and a body mass around 900 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Furileusauria, among the theropod dinosaurs.