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sharp-clawed runner
Cruxicheiros
Say it like this: “CRU-ee-KEE-ross”
Cruxicheiros newmanorum
Cruxicheiros ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Middle Jurassic. Bones have been found in the United Kingdom.
- When
- Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) · roughly 168.2 to 165.3 million years ago
- Named in
- 2010 · Benson, R. B. J.; Radley, J. D.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 9 m · 30 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- the United Kingdom · Chipping Norton Limestone
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Tetanurae
The story in short
Cruxicheiros was formally named in 2010 by R. B. J. Benson and J. D. Radley. The name means “cross hand.”
Fossils referred to Cruxicheiros date to the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian), roughly 168.2 to 165.3 million years ago. Finds come from the United Kingdom, including the Chipping Norton Limestone Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Cruxicheiros at a length near 9 m.
On the family tree it sits in Tetanurae, among the theropod dinosaurs.