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sharp-clawed runner
Thanos
Say it like this: “THAN-os”
Thanos simonattoi
Thanos ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Brazil.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Santonian · Campanian) · roughly 85.7 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2020 · Delcourt, R.; Iori, F. V.
- Hip height
- 1.8 m · 6 ft
- Length
- 5.5 m · 18 ft
- Weight
- 300 kg · 661 lb
- Found in
- Brazil · São José do Rio Preto
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Brachyrostra
The story in short
In 2020, R. Delcourt and F. V. Iori published the name Thanos. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Santonian · Campanian), roughly 85.7 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from Brazil, including the São José do Rio Preto Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Thanos at a length near 5.5 m, hips about 1.8 m high, and a body mass around 300 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Brachyrostra, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Ekrixinatosaurus
Ekrixinatosaurus novasi
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
Elemgasem
Elemgasem nubilus
Late Cretaceous (Turonian · Coniacian) · roughly 93.9 to 85.7 million years ago
Guemesia
Guemesia ochoai
Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago