Hesperonychus
Field photograph to come
Hesperonychus
DV-0686
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Length
- about 1 m (3 ft)
- Group
- Theropods, Dromaeosauridae
- Found in
- Canada
- Named by
- Longrich and Currie 2009
Field notes
About Hesperonychus
Hesperonychus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Dromaeosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 4 finds of Hesperonychus, from Alberta. Its fossils come from rocks including the Dinosaur Park Formation and the Oldman Formation. It was named by Longrich and Currie in 2009.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
To scale
How big was Hesperonychus?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Dromaeosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: N. R. Longrich and P. J. Currie. 2009. A microraptorine (Dinosauria–Dromaeosauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of North America. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences