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sharp-clawed runner
Jianianhualong
Jianianhualong tengi
Jianianhualong ate 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
- 2017 · Xu, X.; Currie, P.; Pittman, M.; Xing, L.; Meng, Q.; Lü, J.; Hu, D.; Yu, C.
- Hip height
- 0.4 m · 1 ft
- Length
- 1.1 m · 4 ft
- Weight
- 2 kg · 4 lb
- Found in
- China · Yixian
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Sinovenatorinae
The story in short
The genus Jianianhualong dates to 2017, the year X. Xu and colleagues described it. The name means “jianianhua dragon.”
Fossils referred to Jianianhualong date to the Early Cretaceous (Barremian), roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Yixian Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Jianianhualong at a length near 1.1 m, hips about 0.4 m high, and a body mass around 2 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Sinovenatorinae, among the theropod dinosaurs.