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sharp-clawed runner
Limusaurus
Say it like this: “LIM-oo-SOR-us”
Limusaurus inextricabilis
Limusaurus ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic (Callovian · Oxfordian) · roughly 165.3 to 154.8 million years ago
- Named in
- 2009 · Xu, X.; Clark, J. M.; Mo, J.; Choiniere, J.; Forster, C. A.; Erickson, G. M.; Hone, D. W. E.; Sullivan, C.; Eberth, D. A.; Nesbitt, S.; Zhao, Q.; Hernandez, R.; Jia, C. K.; Han, F. L.; Guo, Y.
- Hip height
- 0.5 m · 2 ft
- Length
- 1.7 m · 6 ft
- Weight
- 15 kg · 33 lb
- Found in
- China · Shishugou
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Elaphrosaurinae
The story in short
Limusaurus was formally named in 2009 by X. Xu and colleagues.
Fossils referred to Limusaurus date to the Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic (Callovian · Oxfordian), roughly 165.3 to 154.8 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Shishugou Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Limusaurus at a length near 1.7 m, hips about 0.5 m high, and a body mass around 15 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Elaphrosaurinae, among the theropod dinosaurs.