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sharp-clawed runner
Notatesseraeraptor
Say it like this: “no-tuh-TESS-er-ee-RAP-tor”
Notatesseraeraptor frickensis
Notatesseraeraptor ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Triassic. Bones have been found in Switzerland.
- When
- Late Triassic (Norian) · roughly 227.3 to 205.7 million years ago
- Named in
- 2019 · Zahner, M.; Brinkmann, W.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Switzerland · Klettgau
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Neotheropoda
The story in short
In 2019, M. Zahner and W. Brinkmann published the name Notatesseraeraptor. The name means “feature mosaic tile thief.”
Fossils referred to Notatesseraeraptor date to the Late Triassic (Norian), roughly 227.3 to 205.7 million years ago. Finds come from Switzerland, including the Klettgau Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
The fossils of Notatesseraeraptor 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 Neotheropoda, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Cryolophosaurus
Cryolophosaurus ellioti
Early Jurassic (Sinemurian · Pliensbachian) · roughly 199.5 to 184.2 million years ago
Dilophosaurus
Dilophosaurus wetherilli
Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian · Pliensbachian) · roughly 201.4 to 184.2 million years ago
Dolichosuchus
Dolichosuchus cristatus
Late Triassic (Norian) · roughly 227.3 to 205.7 million years ago