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sharp-clawed runner
Papiliovenator
Say it like this: “puh-PIL-ee-oh-ven-AY-tor”
Papiliovenator neimengguensis
Papiliovenator ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2021 · Pei, R.; Qin, Y.; Wen, A.; Zhao, Q.; Wang, Z.; Liu, Z.; Guo, W.; Liu, P.; Ye, W.; Wang, L.; Yin, Z.; Dai, R.; Xu, X.
- Hip height
- 0.3 m · 1 ft
- Length
- 1 m · 3 ft
- Weight
- 3 kg · 7 lb
- Found in
- China · Bayan Mandahu
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Troodontidae
The story in short
Papiliovenator was formally named in 2021 by R. Pei and colleagues.
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Bayan Mandahu Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Papiliovenator at a length near 1 m, hips about 0.3 m high, and a body mass around 3 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Troodontidae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Almas
Almas ukhaa
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Harenadraco
Harenadraco prima
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Hesperornithoides
Hesperornithoides miessleri
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian · Tithonian) · roughly 154.8 to 143.1 million years ago