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sharp-clawed runner
Geminiraptor
Say it like this: “JEM-in-i-RAP-tor”
Geminiraptor suarezarum
Geminiraptor ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in the United States.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) · roughly 137.1 to 132.6 million years ago
- Named in
- 2010 · Senter, P.; Kirkland, J. I.; Bird, J.; Bartlett, J. A.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 1.5 m · 5 ft
- Weight
- 2–9 kg · 4–20 lb
- Found in
- the United States · Cedar Mountain
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Coelurosauria
The story in short
Geminiraptor was formally named in 2010 by P. Senter and colleagues.
It lived in the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian), roughly 137.1 to 132.6 million years ago. Finds come from the United States, including the Cedar Mountain Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Geminiraptor at a length near 1.5 m and a body mass around 2–9 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Coelurosauria, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Aniksosaurus
Aniksosaurus darwini
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian) · roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago
Aratasaurus
Aratasaurus museunacionali
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago
Bicentenaria
Bicentenaria argentina
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago