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sharp-clawed runner
Concavenator
Say it like this: “kon-ka-VEN-at-or”
Concavenator corcovatus
Concavenator ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Spain.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago
- Named in
- 2010 · Ortega, F.; Escaso, F.; Sanz, J. L.
- Hip height
- 1.9 m · 6 ft
- Length
- 5–6 m · 16–20 ft
- Weight
- 320–400 kg · 705–882 lb
- Found in
- Spain · Calizas de La Huérguina
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Carcharodontosauridae
The story in short
The genus Concavenator dates to 2010, the year F. Ortega and colleagues described it. The name means “cuenca hunter.”
It lived in the Early Cretaceous (Barremian), roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago. Finds come from Spain, including the Calizas de La Huérguina Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Concavenator at a length near 5–6 m, hips about 1.9 m high, and a body mass around 320–400 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Carcharodontosauridae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Acrocanthosaurus
Acrocanthosaurus atokensis
Early Cretaceous (Aptian · Albian) · roughly 121.4 to 100.5 million years ago
Eocarcharia
Eocarcharia dinops
Early Cretaceous (Aptian · Albian) · roughly 121.4 to 100.5 million years ago
Kelmayisaurus
Kelmayisaurus petrolicus
Early Cretaceous (Barremian · Aptian) · roughly 125.8 to 113.2 million years ago