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sharp-clawed runner · Disputed
Sauroniops
Say it like this: “sor-on-ee-ops”
Sauroniops pachytholus
Sauroniops ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Morocco.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
- Named in
- 2012 · Cau, A.; Dalla Vecchia, F. M.; Fabbri, M.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 10–12 m · 33–39 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Morocco
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Carcharodontosauridae
The story in short
The genus Sauroniops dates to 2012, the year A. Cau and colleagues described it. The name means “eye of Sauron.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian), roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago. Finds come from Morocco. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Sauroniops at a length near 10–12 m.
On the family tree it sits in Carcharodontosauridae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Acrocanthosaurus
Acrocanthosaurus atokensis
Early Cretaceous (Aptian · Albian) · roughly 121.4 to 100.5 million years ago
Concavenator
Concavenator corcovatus
Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago
Eocarcharia
Eocarcharia dinops
Early Cretaceous (Aptian · Albian) · roughly 121.4 to 100.5 million years ago