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sharp-clawed runner · Doubtful name
Deinodon
Deinodon horridus
Deinodon ate meat and moved in a way the fossils do not settle. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in the United States.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 1856 · Leidy, J.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- the United States · Judith River
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Not recorded
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Tyrannosauridae
The story in short
Deinodon was formally named in 1856 by J. Leidy.
Fossils referred to Deinodon date to the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from the United States, including the Judith River Formation. It was a carnivore. A habitual gait is not settled.
The fossils of Deinodon 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 Tyrannosauridae, among the theropod dinosaurs.