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sharp-clawed runner
Hagryphus
Say it like this: “ha-grif-us”
Hagryphus giganteus
Hagryphus ate plants and meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in the United States.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2005 · Zanno, L. E.; Sampson, S. D.
- Hip height
- 1.1 m · 4 ft
- Length
- 2.4–3 m · 8–10 ft
- Weight
- 50 kg · 110 lb
- Found in
- the United States · Kaiparowits
- Food and walking
- Omnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Caenagnathidae
The story in short
Hagryphus was formally named in 2005 by L. E. Zanno and S. D. Sampson.
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from the United States, including the Kaiparowits Formation. It was an omnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Hagryphus at a length near 2.4–3 m, hips about 1.1 m high, and a body mass around 50 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Caenagnathidae, among the theropod dinosaurs.