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sharp-clawed runner
Itemirus
Say it like this: “ee-te-MEER-us”
Itemirus medullaris
Itemirus ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Uzbekistan.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Turonian) · roughly 93.9 to 89.8 million years ago
- Named in
- 1976 · Kurzanov, S. M.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 3.1 m · 10 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Uzbekistan · Bissekty
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Dromaeosaurinae
The story in short
Itemirus was formally named in 1976 by S. M. Kurzanov. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
Fossils referred to Itemirus date to the Late Cretaceous (Turonian), roughly 93.9 to 89.8 million years ago. Finds come from Uzbekistan, including the Bissekty Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Itemirus at a length near 3.1 m.
On the family tree it sits in Dromaeosaurinae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Achillobator
Achillobator giganticus
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Santonian) · roughly 100.5 to 83.6 million years ago
Dromaeosaurus
Dromaeosaurus albertensis
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Utahraptor
Utahraptor ostrommaysi
Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) · roughly 137.1 to 132.6 million years ago