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sharp-clawed runner
Incisivosaurus
Say it like this: “IN-si-SEE-vo-SOR-us”
Incisivosaurus gauthieri
Incisivosaurus ate plants and 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
- 2002 · Xu, X.; Cheng, Y. N.; Wang, X. L.; Chang, C. H.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- China · Yixian
- Food and walking
- Omnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Oviraptorosauria
The story in short
The genus Incisivosaurus dates to 2002, the year X. Xu and colleagues described it. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
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 an omnivore and walked on two legs.
The fossils of Incisivosaurus are too incomplete for a responsible length, hip height, or weight, so those fields are left blank on purpose.
On the family tree it sits in Oviraptorosauria, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Avimimus
Avimimus portentosus
Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago
Protarchaeopteryx
Protarchaeopteryx robusta
Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago
Yuanyanglong
Yuanyanglong bainian
Early Cretaceous (Aptian · Albian) · roughly 121.4 to 100.5 million years ago