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sharp-clawed runner · Doubtful name
Phaedrolosaurus
Say it like this: “fee-DROH-lo-SOR-us”
Phaedrolosaurus ilikensis
Phaedrolosaurus ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Barremian · Aptian) · roughly 125.8 to 113.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 1973 · Dong, Z.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 3–4 m · 10–13 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- China · Lianmuqin
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Tetanurae
The story in short
Phaedrolosaurus was formally named in 1973 by Z. Dong. The name means “elated lizard.”
It lived in the Early Cretaceous (Barremian · Aptian), roughly 125.8 to 113.2 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Lianmuqin Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Phaedrolosaurus at a length near 3–4 m.
On the family tree it sits in Tetanurae, among the theropod dinosaurs.