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sharp-clawed runner
Suchomimus
Say it like this: “SOOK-o-MIEM-us”
Suchomimus tenerensis
Suchomimus ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Niger.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Aptian · Albian) · roughly 121.4 to 100.5 million years ago
- Named in
- 1998 · Sereno, P. C.; Beck, A. L.; Dutheil, D. B.; Gado, B.; Larsson, H. C. E.; Lyon, G. H.; Marcot, J. D.; Rauhut, O. W. M.; Sadleir, R. W.; Sidor, C. A.; Varricchio, D. D.; Wilson, G. P.; Wilson, J. A.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 9.5–11 m · 31–36 ft
- Weight
- 2.5–3.8 tonnes
- Found in
- Niger · Elrhaz
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Baryonychinae
The story in short
In 1998, P. C. Sereno and colleagues published the name Suchomimus. The name means “crocodile mimic.”
It lived in the Early Cretaceous (Aptian · Albian), roughly 121.4 to 100.5 million years ago. Finds come from Niger, including the Elrhaz Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Suchomimus at a length near 9.5–11 m and a body mass around 2.5–3.8 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Baryonychinae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Baryonyx
Baryonyx walkeri
Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago
Ceratosuchops
Ceratosuchops inferodios
Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago
Cristatusaurus
Cristatusaurus lapparenti
Early Cretaceous (Aptian) · roughly 121.4 to 113.2 million years ago