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sharp-clawed runner
Yurgovuchia
Say it like this: “yuhr-go-VOO-chee-uh”
Yurgovuchia doellingi
Yurgovuchia ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in the United States.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Berriasian · Valanginian) · roughly 143.1 to 132.6 million years ago
- Named in
- 2012 · Senter, P.; Kirkland, J. I.; DeBlieux, D. D.; Madsen, S.; Toth, N.
- Hip height
- 0.9 m · 3 ft
- Length
- 2.5 m · 8 ft
- Weight
- 75 kg · 165 lb
- Found in
- the United States · Cedar Mountain
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Dromaeosaurinae
The story in short
Yurgovuchia was formally named in 2012 by P. Senter and colleagues.
Fossils referred to Yurgovuchia date to the Early Cretaceous (Berriasian · Valanginian), roughly 143.1 to 132.6 million years ago. Finds come from the United States, including the Cedar Mountain Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Yurgovuchia at a length near 2.5 m, hips about 0.9 m high, and a body mass around 75 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Dromaeosaurinae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Achillobator
Achillobator giganticus
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Santonian) · roughly 100.5 to 83.6 million years ago
Dromaeosaurus
Dromaeosaurus albertensis
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Itemirus
Itemirus medullaris
Late Cretaceous (Turonian) · roughly 93.9 to 89.8 million years ago