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sharp-clawed runner · Doubtful name
Ozraptor
Say it like this: “oz-RAP-tor”
Ozraptor subotaii
Ozraptor ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Middle Jurassic. Bones have been found in Australia.
- When
- Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) · roughly 170.9 to 168.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 1998 · Long, J. A.; Molnar, R. E.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 2 m · 7 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Australia · Colalura Sandstone
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Theropoda
The story in short
Ozraptor was formally named in 1998 by J. A. Long and R. E. Molnar. The name means “australian thief.”
It lived in the Middle Jurassic (Bajocian), roughly 170.9 to 168.2 million years ago. Finds come from Australia, including the Colalura Sandstone Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Ozraptor at a length near 2 m.
On the family tree it sits in Theropoda, among the theropod dinosaurs.