Buitreraptor

Buitreraptor gonzalezorum

Buitreraptor — scientific reconstruction

Buitreraptor (meaning "La Buitrera seizer") is a genus of unenlagiine theropod dinosaurs that lived during the Late Cretaceous of Argentina at the Candeleros Formation. Buitreraptor was described in 2005 and the type species is Buitreraptor gonzalezorum. It was rooster-sized and had a very elongated head with many small teeth.

Family
Unenlagiidae
Order
Saurischia
Period
Cretaceous (94.0–90.0 Ma)
Diet
Carnivore
Length
1.3–1.5 m
Weight
3–5 kg
Type locality
Candeleros Formation, Neuquén, Argentina
Holotype
MPCA 245
PBDB
txn:68201

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