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sharp-clawed runner · Doubtful name
Kakuru
Say it like this: “ka-KOO-roo”
Kakuru kujani
Kakuru ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Australia.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Aptian) · roughly 121.4 to 113.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 1980 · Molnar, R. E.; Pledge, N. S.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 2 m · 7 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Australia · Bulldog Shale
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Theropoda
The story in short
In 1980, R. E. Molnar and N. S. Pledge published the name Kakuru. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
It lived in the Early Cretaceous (Aptian), roughly 121.4 to 113.2 million years ago. Finds come from Australia, including the Bulldog Shale Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Kakuru at a length near 2 m.
On the family tree it sits in Theropoda, among the theropod dinosaurs.