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sharp-clawed runner
Ningyuansaurus
Ningyuansaurus wangi
Ningyuansaurus ate plants and 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
- 2012 · Ji, Q.; Lü, J. C.; Wei, X. F.; Wang, X. R.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- China · Yixian
- Food and walking
- Omnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Maniraptora
The story in short
In 2012, Q. Ji and colleagues published the name Ningyuansaurus.
Fossils referred to Ningyuansaurus date to the Early Cretaceous (Barremian), roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Yixian Formation. It was an omnivore and walked on two legs.
The fossils of Ningyuansaurus are too incomplete for a responsible length, hip height, or weight, so those fields are left blank on purpose.
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