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sharp-clawed runner
Graciliraptor
Say it like this: “GRAS-il-i-RAP-tor”
Graciliraptor lujiatunensis
Graciliraptor ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago
- Named in
- 2004 · Xu, X.; Wang, X. L.
- Hip height
- 0.3 m · 1 ft
- Length
- 0.9–1 m · 3–3 ft
- Weight
- 2 kg · 4 lb
- Found in
- China · Yixian
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Microraptorinae
The story in short
Graciliraptor was formally named in 2004 by X. Xu and X. L. Wang.
It lived in the Early Cretaceous (Barremian), roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Yixian Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Graciliraptor at a length near 0.9–1 m, hips about 0.3 m high, and a body mass around 2 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Microraptorinae, among the theropod dinosaurs.