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sharp-clawed runner
Genusaurus
Say it like this: “JEN-yuu-SOR-uhs”
Genusaurus sisteronis
Genusaurus ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in France.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago
- Named in
- 1995 · Accarie, H.; Beaudoin, B.; Dejax, J.; Friès, G.; Michard, J. G.; Taquet, P.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 3–3.6 m · 10–12 ft
- Weight
- 35–130 kg · 77–287 lb
- Found in
- France
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Abelisauridae
The story in short
Genusaurus was formally named in 1995 by H. Accarie and colleagues.
Fossils referred to Genusaurus date to the Early Cretaceous (Albian), roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago. Finds come from France. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Genusaurus at a length near 3–3.6 m and a body mass around 35–130 kg.
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
Dryptosauroides
Dryptosauroides grandis
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago