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sharp-clawed runner
Hulsanpes
Say it like this: “HOOL-sahn-pees”
Hulsanpes perlei
Hulsanpes ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Mongolia.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 1982 · Osmólska, H.
- Hip height
- 0.1 m · 0 ft
- Length
- 0.5 m · 2 ft
- Weight
- 0 kg · 0 lb
- Found in
- Mongolia · Baruungoyot
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Halszkaraptorinae
The story in short
The genus Hulsanpes dates to 1982, the year H. Osmólska described it. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from Mongolia, including the Baruungoyot Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Hulsanpes at a length near 0.5 m, hips about 0.1 m high, and a body mass around 0 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Halszkaraptorinae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Halszkaraptor
Halszkaraptor escuilliei
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Mahakala
Mahakala omnogovae
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Natovenator
Natovenator polydontus
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago