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sharp-clawed runner
Sinusonasus
Say it like this: “sih-NOO-soh-NAH-sus”
Sinusonasus magnodens
Sinusonasus ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago
- Named in
- 2004 · Xu, X.; Wang, X.
- Hip height
- 0.3 m · 1 ft
- Length
- 1 m · 3 ft
- Weight
- 3 kg · 7 lb
- Found in
- China · Yixian
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Sinovenatorinae
The story in short
The genus Sinusonasus dates to 2004, the year X. Xu and X. Wang described it. The name means “wavy nose.”
It lived in the Early Cretaceous (Barremian), roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Yixian Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Sinusonasus at a length near 1 m, hips about 0.3 m high, and a body mass around 3 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Sinovenatorinae, among the theropod dinosaurs.