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sharp-clawed runner · Doubtful name
Embasaurus
Say it like this: “EM-bah-SOR-us”
Embasaurus minax
Embasaurus ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Kazakhstan.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) · roughly 143.1 to 137.1 million years ago
- Named in
- 1931 · Riabinin, A. N.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Kazakhstan
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Tetanurae
The story in short
The genus Embasaurus dates to 1931, the year A. N. Riabinin described it. The name means “emba lizard.”
Fossils referred to Embasaurus date to the Early Cretaceous (Berriasian), roughly 143.1 to 137.1 million years ago. Finds come from Kazakhstan. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
The fossils of Embasaurus 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 Tetanurae, among the theropod dinosaurs.