Cruxicheiros newmanorum
"cross hand"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Cruxicheiros 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Middle Jurassic (167 Mya)
- Place
- United Kingdom
- Food
- Carnivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Cruxicheiros (meaning “cross hand”) is a genus of theropod dinosaur which lived in the Middle Jurassic of England. The type species is C. newmanorum, described by Roger Benson and Jonathan Radley in 2010.
What we know
- Named by Benson & Radley, 2010.
- Fossils found in United Kingdom.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Cruxicheiros — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.