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sharp-clawed runner · Doubtful name
Orthogoniosaurus
Say it like this: “OR-tho-GOH-nee-o-SOR-us”
Orthogoniosaurus matleyi
Orthogoniosaurus ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in India.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 1930 · Das-Gupta, H. C.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- India · Lameta
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Ceratosauria
The story in short
In 1930, H. C. Das-Gupta published the name Orthogoniosaurus. The name means “straight angled lizard.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from India, including the Lameta Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
The fossils of Orthogoniosaurus 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 Ceratosauria, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Afromimus
Afromimus tenerensis
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago
Berberosaurus
Berberosaurus liassicus
Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian · Toarcian) · roughly 192.9 to 174.7 million years ago
Fosterovenator
Fosterovenator churei
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian · Tithonian) · roughly 154.8 to 143.1 million years ago