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sharp-clawed runner
Duriavenator
Say it like this: “doo-REE-a-veh-NAY-tuhr”
Duriavenator hesperis
Duriavenator ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Middle Jurassic. Bones have been found in the United Kingdom.
- When
- Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) · roughly 170.9 to 168.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2008 · Benson, R. B. J.
- Hip height
- 1.8 m · 6 ft
- Length
- 5–7 m · 16–23 ft
- Weight
- 1 tonnes
- Found in
- the United Kingdom
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Megalosaurinae
The story in short
The genus Duriavenator dates to 2008, the year R. B. J. Benson described it. The name means “dorset hunter.”
Fossils referred to Duriavenator date to the Middle Jurassic (Bajocian), roughly 170.9 to 168.2 million years ago. Finds come from the United Kingdom. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Duriavenator at a length near 5–7 m, hips about 1.8 m high, and a body mass around 1 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Megalosaurinae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Megalosaurus
Megalosaurus bucklandii
Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) · roughly 168.2 to 165.3 million years ago
Torvosaurus
Torvosaurus tanneri
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian · Tithonian) · roughly 154.8 to 143.1 million years ago
Wiehenvenator
Wiehenvenator albati
Middle Jurassic (Callovian) · roughly 165.3 to 161.5 million years ago