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sharp-clawed runner · Disputed
Oxalaia
Oxalaia quilombensis
Oxalaia ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Brazil.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
- Named in
- 2011 · Kellner, A. W. A.; Azevedo, S. A. K.; Machado, E. B.; Carvalho, L. B.; Henriques, D. D. R.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 12–14 m · 39–46 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Brazil · Alcântara
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Spinosaurinae
The story in short
The genus Oxalaia dates to 2011, the year A. W. A. Kellner and colleagues described it.
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian), roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago. Finds come from Brazil, including the Alcântara Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Oxalaia at a length near 12–14 m.
On the family tree it sits in Spinosaurinae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Ichthyovenator
Ichthyovenator laosensis
Early Cretaceous (Aptian) · roughly 121.4 to 113.2 million years ago
Irritator
Irritator challengeri
Early Cretaceous (Aptian · Albian) · roughly 121.4 to 100.5 million years ago
Sigilmassasaurus
Sigilmassasaurus brevicollis
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago