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sharp-clawed runner
Lythronax
Say it like this: “LY-thro-nax”
Lythronax argestes
Lythronax ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in the United States.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2013 · Loewen, M. A.; Irmis, R. B.; Sertich, J. J. W.; Currie, P. J.; Sampson, S. D.
- Hip height
- 2.1 m · 7 ft
- Length
- 5–8 m · 16–26 ft
- Weight
- 0.5–2.5 tonnes
- Found in
- the United States · Wahweap
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Tyrannosaurinae
The story in short
In 2013, M. A. Loewen and colleagues published the name Lythronax.
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from the United States, including the Wahweap Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Lythronax at a length near 5–8 m, hips about 2.1 m high, and a body mass around 0.5–2.5 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Tyrannosaurinae, among the theropod dinosaurs.