Tanycolagreus
tan-ee-koh-LAY-gree-us /ˌtænikoʊˈleɪɡriəs/
Accepted genus
long-limbed hunter
- tanys · Greek · long
- kolon · Greek · limb
- agreus · Greek · hunter
The name combines Greek words for "long", "limb" and "hunter", giving roughly "long-limbed hunter". It refers to this small theropod's slender, long arms and legs, which suggest it was an agile predator. The type species is Tanycolagreus topwilsoni.
- Named by
- Carpenter, Miles and Cloward
- Year named
- 2005
- Period
- Late Jurassic
- Stages
- Kimmeridgian – Tithonian
- Found in
- Morrison Formation, Wyoming, USA
A valid genus of small coelurosaurian theropod. Its exact position within Coelurosauria is debated; it has often been considered a basal tyrannosauroid. Some authors have suggested it may be related to or synonymous with Coelurus, but it is generally treated as distinct.