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sharp-clawed runner
Liaoningvenator
Say it like this: “lee-YOW-ning-VEN-uh-tuh”
Liaoningvenator curriei
Liaoningvenator 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 · Shen, C. Z.; Zhao, B.; Gao, C. L.; Lü, J. C.; Kundrát, M.
- Hip height
- 0.3 m · 1 ft
- Length
- 0.9 m · 3 ft
- Weight
- 2 kg · 4 lb
- Found in
- China · Yixian
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Jinfengopteryginae
The story in short
Liaoningvenator was formally named in 2017 by C. Z. Shen and colleagues. The name means “liaoning hunter.”
Fossils referred to Liaoningvenator 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 Liaoningvenator at a length near 0.9 m, hips about 0.3 m high, and a body mass around 2 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Jinfengopteryginae, among the theropod dinosaurs.