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sharp-clawed runner
Tachiraptor
Say it like this: “tah-shee-rap-tuh”
Tachiraptor admirabilis
Tachiraptor ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Jurassic. Bones have been found in Venezuela.
- When
- Early Jurassic (Hettangian) · roughly 201.4 to 199.5 million years ago
- Named in
- 2014 · Langer, M. C.; Rincón, A. D.; Ramezani, J.; Solórzano, A.; Rauhut, O. W. M.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 1.5 m · 5 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Venezuela · La Quinta
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Neotheropoda
The story in short
The genus Tachiraptor dates to 2014, the year M. C. Langer and colleagues described it. The name means “thief from Táchira.”
It lived in the Early Jurassic (Hettangian), roughly 201.4 to 199.5 million years ago. Finds come from Venezuela, including the La Quinta Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Tachiraptor at a length near 1.5 m.
On the family tree it sits in Neotheropoda, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Cryolophosaurus
Cryolophosaurus ellioti
Early Jurassic (Sinemurian · Pliensbachian) · roughly 199.5 to 184.2 million years ago
Dilophosaurus
Dilophosaurus wetherilli
Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian · Pliensbachian) · roughly 201.4 to 184.2 million years ago
Dolichosuchus
Dolichosuchus cristatus
Late Triassic (Norian) · roughly 227.3 to 205.7 million years ago