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sharp-clawed runner · Doubtful name
Teinurosaurus
Say it like this: “tie-NOOR-o-SOR-us”
Teinurosaurus sauvagei
Teinurosaurus ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Jurassic. Bones have been found in France.
- When
- Late Jurassic (Tithonian) · roughly 149.2 to 143.1 million years ago
- Named in
- 1928 · Nopcsa, B. F.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 11.4 m · 37 ft
- Weight
- 3.6 tonnes
- Found in
- France
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Tetanurae
The story in short
Teinurosaurus was formally named in 1928 by B. F. Nopcsa. The name means “to stretch.”
It lived in the Late Jurassic (Tithonian), roughly 149.2 to 143.1 million years ago. Finds come from France. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Teinurosaurus at a length near 11.4 m and a body mass around 3.6 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Tetanurae, among the theropod dinosaurs.