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sharp-clawed runner
Migmanychion
Say it like this: “mig-mah-nee-shon”
Migmanychion laiyang
Migmanychion ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Aptian) · roughly 121.4 to 113.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2023 · Wang, X.; Cau, A.; Wang, Z.; Yu, K.; Wu, W.; Wang, Y.; Liu, Y.
- Hip height
- 0.5 m · 2 ft
- Length
- 2 m · 7 ft
- Weight
- 20 kg · 44 lb
- Found in
- China · Longjiang
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Maniraptora
The story in short
The genus Migmanychion dates to 2023, the year X. Wang and colleagues described it. The name means “claw mixture.”
It lived in the Early Cretaceous (Aptian), roughly 121.4 to 113.2 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Longjiang Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Migmanychion at a length near 2 m, hips about 0.5 m high, and a body mass around 20 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Maniraptora, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Archaeornithoides
Archaeornithoides deinosauriscus
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Bradycneme
Bradycneme draculae
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
Elopteryx
Elopteryx nopcsai
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago