Liliensternus
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Liliensternus 5.2 m (16.9 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 5.2 m (16.9 ft)
- Period
- Late Triassic (228–201.3 Mya)
- Place
- Europe · Germany
- Food
- Carnivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Liliensternus is an extinct genus of basal neotheropod dinosaur that lived approximately 210 million years ago during the latter part of the Triassic Period in what is now Germany. Liliensternus was a bipedal, ground-dwelling carnivore, that could grow up to 5.15 m long; however, this size estimate is based on specimens now believed to be subadults, and possible fragmentary remains indicate an adult length of 7 to 9 meters. It is the best represented Triassic theropod from Europe and one of the largest known.
What we know
- Named by Welles, 1984.
- Body length estimated at about 5.15 m.
- Fossils found in Europe and Germany.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Liliensternus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.