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sharp-clawed runner
Pycnonemosaurus
Say it like this: “PYK-no-NEE-mo-SOR-us”
Pycnonemosaurus nevesi
Pycnonemosaurus ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Brazil.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 2002 · Kellner, A. W. A.; Campos, D. D. A.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 6–9 m · 20–30 ft
- Weight
- 1.2–3.6 tonnes
- Found in
- Brazil
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Furileusauria
The story in short
The genus Pycnonemosaurus dates to 2002, the year A. W. A. Kellner and D. D. A. Campos described it. The name means “dense forest lizard.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian), roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from Brazil. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Pycnonemosaurus at a length near 6–9 m and a body mass around 1.2–3.6 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Furileusauria, among the theropod dinosaurs.