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sharp-clawed runner
Kurupi
Kurupi itaata
Kurupi ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Brazil.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 2021 · Iori, F. V.; de Araújo-Júnior, H. I. de; Tavares, S. A. S.; Marinho, T. da S.; Martinelli, A. G.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 5 m · 16 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Brazil · Marília
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Abelisauridae
The story in short
The genus Kurupi dates to 2021, the year F. V. Iori and colleagues described it. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
Fossils referred to Kurupi date to the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from Brazil, including the Marília Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Kurupi at a length near 5 m.
On the family tree it sits in Abelisauridae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Abelisaurus
Abelisaurus comahuensis
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Chenanisaurus
Chenanisaurus barbaricus
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
Dryptosauroides
Dryptosauroides grandis
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago