Buitreraptor
Buitreraptor gonzalezorum
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