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sharp-clawed runner
Shri
Say it like this: “shree”
Shri devi
Shri ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Mongolia.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2021 · Turner, A. H.; Montanari, S.; Norell, M. A.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Mongolia · Baruungoyot
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Velociraptorinae
The story in short
The genus Shri dates to 2021, the year A. H. Turner and colleagues described it. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
Fossils referred to Shri date to the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from Mongolia, including the Baruungoyot Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
The fossils of Shri are too incomplete for a responsible length, hip height, or weight, so those fields are left blank on purpose.
On the family tree it sits in Velociraptorinae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
This entry is the whole genus. The type species is Shri devi. Other named species include Shri rapax.
Other species with this name
- Shri devi
- Shri rapax
Close relatives
Adasaurus
Adasaurus mongoliensis
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
Dineobellator
Dineobellator notohesperus
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
Kansaignathus
Kansaignathus sogdianus
Late Cretaceous (Santonian) · roughly 85.7 to 83.6 million years ago