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sharp-clawed runner · Doubtful name
Dryptosauroides
Say it like this: “DRIP-toh-sawr-OY-deez”
Dryptosauroides grandis
Dryptosauroides ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in India.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 1933 · Huene, F. V.; Matley, C. A.
- Hip height
- 2.8 m · 9 ft
- Length
- 10 m · 33 ft
- Weight
- 1.5 tonnes
- Found in
- India · Lameta
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Abelisauridae
The story in short
The genus Dryptosauroides dates to 1933, the year F. V. Huene and C. A. Matley described it.
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from India, including the Lameta Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Dryptosauroides at a length near 10 m, hips about 2.8 m high, and a body mass around 1.5 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Abelisauridae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Abelisaurus
Abelisaurus comahuensis
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Chenanisaurus
Chenanisaurus barbaricus
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
Eoabelisaurus
Eoabelisaurus mefi
Middle Jurassic (Aalenian · Bajocian) · roughly 174.7 to 168.2 million years ago