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sharp-clawed runner
Rativates
Say it like this: “RAT-iv-ATE-eez”
Rativates evadens
Rativates ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Canada.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2016 · McFeeters, B.; Ryan, M. J.; Schröder-Adams, C.; Cullen, T. M.
- Hip height
- 1.3 m · 4 ft
- Length
- 3 m · 10 ft
- Weight
- 90 kg · 198 lb
- Found in
- Canada · Dinosaur Park
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Ornithomimidae
The story in short
Rativates was formally named in 2016 by B. McFeeters and colleagues.
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from Canada, including the Dinosaur Park Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Rativates at a length near 3 m, hips about 1.3 m high, and a body mass around 90 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Ornithomimidae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Aepyornithomimus
Aepyornithomimus tugrikinensis
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Anserimimus
Anserimimus planinychus
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
Archaeornithomimus
Archaeornithomimus asiaticus
Late Cretaceous (Coniacian · Santonian · Campanian) · roughly 89.8 to 72.2 million years ago