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sharp-clawed runner
Erythrovenator
Say it like this: “eh-RITH-ro-VEN-uh-tuh”
Erythrovenator jacuiensis
Erythrovenator ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Triassic. Bones have been found in Brazil.
- When
- Late Triassic (Carnian · Norian) · roughly 237 to 205.7 million years ago
- Named in
- 2021 · Müller, R. T.
- Hip height
- 0.4 m · 1 ft
- Length
- 2 m · 7 ft
- Weight
- 9 kg · 20 lb
- Found in
- Brazil
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Theropoda
The story in short
The genus Erythrovenator dates to 2021, the year R. T. Müller described it. The name means “red hunter.”
Fossils referred to Erythrovenator date to the Late Triassic (Carnian · Norian), roughly 237 to 205.7 million years ago. Finds come from Brazil. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Erythrovenator at a length near 2 m, hips about 0.4 m high, and a body mass around 9 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Theropoda, among the theropod dinosaurs.