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sharp-clawed runner · Disputed
Protathlitis
Say it like this: “pro-TATH-li-tis”
Protathlitis cinctorrensis
Protathlitis ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Spain.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago
- Named in
- 2023 · Santos-Cubedo, A.; de Santisteban, C.; Poza, B.; Meseguer, S.
- Hip height
- 2 m · 7 ft
- Length
- 10 m · 33 ft
- Weight
- 2.5 tonnes
- Found in
- Spain · Arcillas de Morella
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Baryonychinae
The story in short
In 2023, A. Santos-Cubedo and colleagues published the name Protathlitis.
It lived in the Early Cretaceous (Barremian), roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago. Finds come from Spain, including the Arcillas de Morella Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Protathlitis at a length near 10 m, hips about 2 m high, and a body mass around 2.5 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Baryonychinae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Baryonyx
Baryonyx walkeri
Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago
Ceratosuchops
Ceratosuchops inferodios
Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago
Cristatusaurus
Cristatusaurus lapparenti
Early Cretaceous (Aptian) · roughly 121.4 to 113.2 million years ago