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sharp-clawed runner · Doubtful name
Coeluroides
Say it like this: “see-loo-ROY-deez”
Coeluroides largus
Coeluroides ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in India.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 1933 · Huene, F. V.; Matley, C. A.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- India · Lameta
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Abelisauroidea
The story in short
The genus Coeluroides dates to 1933, the year F. V. Huene and C. A. Matley described it.
Fossils referred to Coeluroides date to the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from India, including the Lameta Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
The fossils of Coeluroides 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 Abelisauroidea, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Bahariasaurus
Bahariasaurus ingens
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
Betasuchus
Betasuchus bredai
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