Type Species: Tanycolagreus topwilsoni
Classification: Dinosauria – Saurischia – Theropoda – Tetanurae – Coelurosauria
Time Period: Late Jurassic
Location: North America
Diet: Carnivore
Tanycolagreus was your average, run-of-the-mill Jurassic coelurosaur theropod. It grew to about thirteen feet in length and likely weighed under three hundred pounds. This agile, quick-footed predator lived in the shadow of much larger theropods such as Torvosaurus, Allosaurus, and Ceratosaurus. It had long, lightly-built legs and a large, elongated head that was rectangular in profile. It likely preyed on smaller dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation such as Camptosaurus and Dryosaurus.
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