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sharp-clawed runner
Dornraptor
Say it like this: “DORN-RAP-tor”
Dornraptor normani
Dornraptor ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Jurassic. Bones have been found in the United Kingdom.
- When
- Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian) · roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago
- Named in
- 2024 · Baron, M. G.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 6.5 m · 21 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- the United Kingdom · Blue Lias
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Averostra
The story in short
Dornraptor was formally named in 2024 by M. G. Baron. The name means “dorset robber.”
It lived in the Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian), roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago. Finds come from the United Kingdom, including the Blue Lias Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Dornraptor at a length near 6.5 m.
On the family tree it sits in Averostra, among the theropod dinosaurs.