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sharp-clawed runner
Podokesaurus
Say it like this: “po-DOH-kee-SAWR-us”
Podokesaurus holyokensis
Podokesaurus ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Jurassic. Bones have been found in the United States.
- When
- Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian) · roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago
- Named in
- 1911 · Talbot, M.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 0.2 m · 1 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- the United States · Portland
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Coelophysoidea
The story in short
In 1911, M. Talbot published the name Podokesaurus. The name means “swift-footed lizard.”
It lived in the Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian), roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago. Finds come from the United States, including the Portland Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Podokesaurus at a length near 0.2 m.
On the family tree it sits in Coelophysoidea, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Dracoraptor
Dracoraptor hanigani
Early Jurassic (Hettangian) · roughly 201.4 to 199.5 million years ago
Lophostropheus
Lophostropheus airelensis
Late Triassic · Early Jurassic (Rhaetian · Hettangian) · roughly 205.7 to 199.5 million years ago
Panguraptor
Panguraptor lufengensis
Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian) · roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago