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sharp-clawed runner
Liliensternus
Say it like this: “LIL-ee-en-SHTER-nus”
Liliensternus liliensterni
Liliensternus ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Triassic. Bones have been found in Germany.
- When
- Late Triassic (Norian) · roughly 227.3 to 205.7 million years ago
- Named in
- 1984 · Welles, S. P.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 5 m · 16 ft
- Weight
- 127–200 kg · 280–441 lb
- Found in
- Germany · Arnstadt
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Neotheropoda
The story in short
The genus Liliensternus dates to 1984, the year S. P. Welles described it. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
It lived in the Late Triassic (Norian), roughly 227.3 to 205.7 million years ago. Finds come from Germany, including the Arnstadt Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Liliensternus at a length near 5 m and a body mass around 127–200 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Neotheropoda, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Cryolophosaurus
Cryolophosaurus ellioti
Early Jurassic (Sinemurian · Pliensbachian) · roughly 199.5 to 184.2 million years ago
Dilophosaurus
Dilophosaurus wetherilli
Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian · Pliensbachian) · roughly 201.4 to 184.2 million years ago
Dolichosuchus
Dolichosuchus cristatus
Late Triassic (Norian) · roughly 227.3 to 205.7 million years ago