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sharp-clawed runner
Similicaudipteryx
Say it like this: “SIH-mih-li-cow-DIP-tuh-riks”
Similicaudipteryx yixianensis
Similicaudipteryx ate plants and meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Aptian) · roughly 121.4 to 113.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2008 · He, T.; Wang, X. L.; Zhou, Z. H.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- China · Jiufotang
- Food and walking
- Omnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Caudipterygidae
The story in short
In 2008, T. He and colleagues published the name Similicaudipteryx. The name means “similar to Caudipteryx.”
It lived in the Early Cretaceous (Aptian), roughly 121.4 to 113.2 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Jiufotang Formation. It was an omnivore and walked on two legs.
The fossils of Similicaudipteryx 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 Caudipterygidae, among the theropod dinosaurs.