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sharp-clawed runner
Niebla
Say it like this: “nyeh-blah”
Niebla antiqua
Niebla ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Argentina.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 2020 · Aranciaga Rolando, M.; Cerroni, M. A.; García Marsà, J. A.; Agnolín, F. L.; Motta, M. J.; Rozadilla, S.; Brissón Egli, F.; Novas, F. E.
- Hip height
- 1 m · 3 ft
- Length
- 4 m · 13 ft
- Weight
- 650 kg · 1,433 lb
- Found in
- Argentina · Allen
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Furileusauria
The story in short
In 2020, M. Aranciaga Rolando and colleagues published the name Niebla.
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from Argentina, including the Allen Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Niebla at a length near 4 m, hips about 1 m high, and a body mass around 650 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Furileusauria, among the theropod dinosaurs.