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sharp-clawed runner
Shishugounykus
Say it like this: “shih-shoo-GOH-NY-kus”
Shishugounykus inexpectus
Shishugounykus ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic (Callovian · Oxfordian) · roughly 165.3 to 154.8 million years ago
- Named in
- 2019 · Qin, Z.; Clark, J.; Choiniere, J.; Xu, X.
- Hip height
- 0.4 m · 1 ft
- Length
- 1.4 m · 5 ft
- Weight
- 7 kg · 15 lb
- Found in
- China · Shishugou
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Alvarezsauroidea
The story in short
The genus Shishugounykus dates to 2019, the year Z. Qin and colleagues described it. The name means “shishugou claw.”
It lived in the Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic (Callovian · Oxfordian), roughly 165.3 to 154.8 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Shishugou Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Shishugounykus at a length near 1.4 m, hips about 0.4 m high, and a body mass around 7 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Alvarezsauroidea, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Alnashetri
Alnashetri cerropoliciensis
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
Bannykus
Bannykus wulatensis
Early Cretaceous (Aptian) · roughly 121.4 to 113.2 million years ago
Haplocheirus
Haplocheirus sollers
Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic (Callovian · Oxfordian) · roughly 165.3 to 154.8 million years ago