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sharp-clawed runner · Doubtful name
Gojirasaurus
Say it like this: “go-JEER-a-SAWR-us”
Gojirasaurus quayi
Gojirasaurus ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Triassic. Bones have been found in the United States.
- When
- Late Triassic (Norian) · roughly 227.3 to 205.7 million years ago
- Named in
- 1997 · Carpenter, K.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 5.5–6 m · 18–20 ft
- Weight
- 150–190 kg · 331–419 lb
- Found in
- the United States · Bull Canyon
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Neotheropoda
The story in short
Gojirasaurus was formally named in 1997 by K. Carpenter. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
It lived in the Late Triassic (Norian), roughly 227.3 to 205.7 million years ago. Finds come from the United States, including the Bull Canyon Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Gojirasaurus at a length near 5.5–6 m and a body mass around 150–190 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Neotheropoda, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Cryolophosaurus
Cryolophosaurus ellioti
Early Jurassic (Sinemurian · Pliensbachian) · roughly 199.5 to 184.2 million years ago
Dilophosaurus
Dilophosaurus wetherilli
Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian · Pliensbachian) · roughly 201.4 to 184.2 million years ago
Dolichosuchus
Dolichosuchus cristatus
Late Triassic (Norian) · roughly 227.3 to 205.7 million years ago