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sharp-clawed runner
Tamarro
Say it like this: “tah-MAH-row”
Tamarro insperatus
Tamarro ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Spain.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 2021 · Sellés, A. G.; Vila, B.; Brusatte, S. L.; Currie, P. J.; Galobart, À.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 1.3 m · 4 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Spain · Talarn
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Jinfengopteryginae
The story in short
Tamarro was formally named in 2021 by A. G. Sellés and colleagues. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
Fossils referred to Tamarro date to the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from Spain, including the Talarn Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Tamarro at a length near 1.3 m.
On the family tree it sits in Jinfengopteryginae, among the theropod dinosaurs.