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sharp-clawed runner
Kuru
Say it like this: “koo-roo”
Kuru kulla
Kuru ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Mongolia.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2021 · Napoli, J. G.; Ruebenstahl, A. A.; Bhullar, B. A. S.; Turner, A. H.; Norell, M. A.
- Hip height
- 0.6 m · 2 ft
- Length
- 1.9 m · 6 ft
- Weight
- 16 kg · 35 lb
- Found in
- Mongolia · Baruungoyot
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Velociraptorinae
The story in short
In 2021, J. G. Napoli and colleagues published the name Kuru. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from Mongolia, including the Baruungoyot Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Kuru at a length near 1.9 m, hips about 0.6 m high, and a body mass around 16 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Velociraptorinae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Adasaurus
Adasaurus mongoliensis
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
Dineobellator
Dineobellator notohesperus
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
Kansaignathus
Kansaignathus sogdianus
Late Cretaceous (Santonian) · roughly 85.7 to 83.6 million years ago