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sharp-clawed runner · Doubtful name
Halticosaurus
Say it like this: “HAL-tick-oh-SORE-us”
Halticosaurus longotarsus
Halticosaurus ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Triassic. Bones have been found in Germany.
- When
- Late Triassic (Norian) · roughly 227.3 to 205.7 million years ago
- Named in
- 1908 · Huene, F. V.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 5.5 m · 18 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Germany · Löwenstein
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Neotheropoda
The story in short
The genus Halticosaurus dates to 1908, the year F. V. Huene described it.
It lived in the Late Triassic (Norian), roughly 227.3 to 205.7 million years ago. Finds come from Germany, including the Löwenstein Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Halticosaurus at a length near 5.5 m.
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