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sharp-clawed runner · Doubtful name
Iliosuchus
Say it like this: “IL-ee-oh-SOO-kus”
Iliosuchus incognitus
Iliosuchus ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Middle Jurassic. Bones have been found in the United Kingdom.
- When
- Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) · roughly 168.2 to 165.3 million years ago
- Named in
- 1932 · Huene, F. V.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 2 m · 7 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- the United Kingdom · Taynton Limestone
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Tetanurae
The story in short
In 1932, F. V. Huene published the name Iliosuchus.
Fossils referred to Iliosuchus date to the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian), roughly 168.2 to 165.3 million years ago. Finds come from the United Kingdom, including the Taynton Limestone Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Iliosuchus at a length near 2 m.
On the family tree it sits in Tetanurae, among the theropod dinosaurs.