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sharp-clawed runner · Doubtful name
Prodeinodon
Say it like this: “pro-DY-no-don”
Prodeinodon mongoliense
Prodeinodon ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Mongolia.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Berriasian–Barremian) · roughly 143.1 to 121.4 million years ago
- Named in
- 1924 · Osborn, H. F.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Mongolia · Öösh
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Tetanurae
The story in short
In 1924, H. F. Osborn published the name Prodeinodon. The name means “before Deinodon.”
It lived in the Early Cretaceous (Berriasian–Barremian), roughly 143.1 to 121.4 million years ago. Finds come from Mongolia, including the Öösh Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
The fossils of Prodeinodon are too incomplete for a responsible length, hip height, or weight, so those fields are left blank on purpose.
On the family tree it sits in Tetanurae, among the theropod dinosaurs.