Apatodon mirus
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Apatodon 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Late Jurassic (156.3–145 Mya)
- Place
- Colorado, USA
- Food
- Carnivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Apatodon is a dubious genus of dinosaur that may have been a theropod. The type, and only species, A. mirus, was named in 1877 by Othniel Charles Marsh. It was found in the Late Jurassic-aged Morrison Formation of Colorado.
What we know
- Named by Marsh, 1877.
- Fossils found in Colorado, USA.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Apatodon — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.