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sharp-clawed runner
Dahalokely
Say it like this: “dah-HAH-loo-KAY-lee”
Dahalokely tokana
Dahalokely ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Madagascar.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Turonian) · roughly 93.9 to 89.8 million years ago
- Named in
- 2013 · Farke, A. A.; Sertich, J. J. W.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 3.5–5.6 m · 11–18 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Madagascar · Ambolafotsy
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Abelisauroidea
The story in short
In 2013, A. A. Farke and J. J. W. Sertich published the name Dahalokely.
Fossils referred to Dahalokely date to the Late Cretaceous (Turonian), roughly 93.9 to 89.8 million years ago. Finds come from Madagascar, including the Ambolafotsy Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Dahalokely at a length near 3.5–5.6 m.
On the family tree it sits in Abelisauroidea, among the theropod dinosaurs.