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sharp-clawed runner
Moros
Say it like this: “MOH-ros”
Moros intrepidus
Moros ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in the United States.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
- Named in
- 2019 · Zanno, L. E.; Tucker, R. T.; Canoville, A.; Avrahami, H. M.; Gates, T. A.; Makovicky, P. J.
- Hip height
- 0.9 m · 3 ft
- Length
- 3 m · 10 ft
- Weight
- 78 kg · 172 lb
- Found in
- the United States · Cedar Mountain
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Tyrannosauroidea
The story in short
Moros was formally named in 2019 by L. E. Zanno and colleagues.
Fossils referred to Moros date to the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian), roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago. Finds come from the United States, including the Cedar Mountain Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Moros at a length near 3 m, hips about 0.9 m high, and a body mass around 78 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Tyrannosauroidea, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Alectrosaurus
Alectrosaurus olseni
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Aviatyrannis
Aviatyrannis jurassica
Late Jurassic (Oxfordian · Kimmeridgian · Tithonian) · roughly 161.5 to 143.1 million years ago
Calamosaurus
Calamosaurus foxi
Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago