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sharp-clawed runner
Mahakala
Say it like this: “ma-ha-KAH-luh”
Mahakala omnogovae
Mahakala ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Mongolia.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2007 · Turner, A. H.; Pol, D.; Clarke, J. A.; Erickson, G. M.; Norell, M. A.
- Hip height
- 0.3 m · 1 ft
- Length
- 0.8 m · 3 ft
- Weight
- 0 kg · 1 lb
- Found in
- Mongolia · Djadokhta
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Halszkaraptorinae
The story in short
Mahakala was formally named in 2007 by A. H. Turner and colleagues. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
Fossils referred to Mahakala date to the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from Mongolia, including the Djadokhta Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Mahakala at a length near 0.8 m, hips about 0.3 m high, and a body mass around 0 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Halszkaraptorinae, among the theropod dinosaurs.