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sharp-clawed runner
Sciurumimus
Say it like this: “SIGH-oor-uh-MIEM-us”
Sciurumimus albersdoerferi
Sciurumimus ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Jurassic. Bones have been found in Germany.
- When
- Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) · roughly 154.8 to 149.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2012 · Rauhut, O. W. M.; Foth, C.; Tischlinger, H.; Norell, M. A.
- Hip height
- 0.2 m · 1 ft
- Length
- 1 m · 3 ft
- Weight
- 2 kg · 6 lb
- Found in
- Germany · Torleite
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Tetanurae
The story in short
The genus Sciurumimus dates to 2012, the year O. W. M. Rauhut and colleagues described it. The name means “squirrel mimic.”
Fossils referred to Sciurumimus date to the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian), roughly 154.8 to 149.2 million years ago. Finds come from Germany, including the Torleite Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Sciurumimus at a length near 1 m, hips about 0.2 m high, and a body mass around 2 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Tetanurae, among the theropod dinosaurs.