Austroraptor

Austroraptor cabazai

Austroraptor — scientific reconstruction

Austroraptor ( AW-stroh-RAP-tər) is a genus of unenlagiine theropod dinosaur that lived during the Campanian and Maastrichtian ages of the Late Cretaceous period in what is now Argentina.

Austroraptor was a large, moderately-built, ground-dwelling, bipedal carnivore, measuring around 5–6 m (16–20 ft) long and weighing up to 300–520 kilograms (660–1,150 lb). It is one of the largest paravians known, with only large dromaeosaurids such as Achillobator and Utahraptor approaching a similar size.

Family
Dromaeosauridae
Order
Saurischia
Period
Cretaceous (70.0–66.0 Ma)
Diet
Carnivore
Length
5.0–6.0 m
Weight
200–300 kg
Type locality
Allen Formation, Argentina
Holotype
MML-195
PBDB
txn:138547

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