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sharp-clawed runner · Doubtful name
Wakinosaurus
Say it like this: “wah-KEEN-o-SOR-us”
Wakinosaurus satoi
Wakinosaurus ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Japan.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago
- Named in
- 1992 · Okazaki, Y.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Japan · Sengoku
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Theropoda
The story in short
In 1992, Y. Okazaki published the name Wakinosaurus. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
Fossils referred to Wakinosaurus date to the Early Cretaceous (Barremian), roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago. Finds come from Japan, including the Sengoku Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
The fossils of Wakinosaurus are too incomplete for a responsible length, hip height, or weight, so those fields are left blank on purpose.
On the family tree it sits in Theropoda, among the theropod dinosaurs.