TheropodaCoelurosauria

Tanycolagreus topwilsoni

Tanycolagreus topwilsoni skeletal reconstruction, left lateral view, reconstructed length ~3.8 m.
Scale bar = 1 meter
Taxon
Tanycolagreus topwilsoni Carpenter, Miles & Cloward, 2005
Reconstructed length
~3.8 m (12 feet)
View
Left lateral
Drawing
© Scott Hartman
Drawn
2011, revised 2026
Clade
  1. Theropoda
  2. Tetanurae
  3. Coelurosauria

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Tanycolagreus was a coelurosaurian theropod from the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation of the western United States. Around 3.8 m / 12 feet long, Tanycolagreus was a lightly built predator, though it is known from fairly incomplete material.

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