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sharp-clawed runner
Wiehenvenator
Say it like this: “VEE-hen-VEN-uh-tuh”
Wiehenvenator albati
Wiehenvenator ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Middle Jurassic. Bones have been found in Germany.
- When
- Middle Jurassic (Callovian) · roughly 165.3 to 161.5 million years ago
- Named in
- 2016 · Rauhut, O. M.; Hübner, T.; Lanser, K.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 7–12 m · 23–39 ft
- Weight
- 0.8–1.2 tonnes
- Found in
- Germany · Ornatenton
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Megalosaurinae
The story in short
The genus Wiehenvenator dates to 2016, the year O. M. Rauhut and colleagues described it. The name means “wiehen hunter.”
It lived in the Middle Jurassic (Callovian), roughly 165.3 to 161.5 million years ago. Finds come from Germany, including the Ornatenton Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Wiehenvenator at a length near 7–12 m and a body mass around 0.8–1.2 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Megalosaurinae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Duriavenator
Duriavenator hesperis
Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) · roughly 170.9 to 168.2 million years ago
Megalosaurus
Megalosaurus bucklandii
Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) · roughly 168.2 to 165.3 million years ago
Torvosaurus
Torvosaurus tanneri
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian · Tithonian) · roughly 154.8 to 143.1 million years ago