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sharp-clawed runner
Mei
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Mei 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
- 2004 · Xu, X.; Norell, M. A.
- Hip height
- 0.2 m · 1 ft
- Length
- 0.5 m · 1 ft
- Weight
- 0 kg · 1 lb
- Found in
- China · Yixian
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Sinovenatorinae
The story in short
Mei was formally named in 2004 by X. Xu and M. A. Norell.
It lived in 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 Mei at a length near 0.5 m, hips about 0.2 m high, and a body mass around 0 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Sinovenatorinae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Daliansaurus
Daliansaurus liaoningensis
Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago
Jianianhualong
Jianianhualong tengi
Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago
Sinovenator
Sinovenator changii
Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago