Cretaceous
Pyroraptor
Pyroraptor olympius
The catalogue presents Pyroraptor as a carnivore member of Dromaeosauridae that lived during the Cretaceous, between 70.6 Ma. Its estimated range is 2.0 m in length and 20 kg in mass, giving a practical sense of scale. Reference material comes from Provence, France. Size and mass are approximations and may change with new fossils or methods.
Evidence-backed summary
For Pyroraptor, the PBDB records the taxonomic attribution as Allain and Taquet (2000).
The PBDB places it in Dromaeosauridae, and the catalogue record assigns it to the family Dromaeosauridae.
- PBDB · taxon.parent
- Dromaeosauridae
In the PBDB record, the reported stratigraphic range runs from the Campanian to the Maastrichtian.
The PBDB catalogues 3 occurrences, with material from the La Posa Formation (1) and from the Vitoria Formation (1). Provenance: Spain and France.
The catalogue records the holotype as MHNA.PaL.1998-5-12 and the type locality as “Provence, France”.
- MHNA.PaL.1998-5-12
- Provence, France
The catalogue's reference measurements are 2.0 m in length and 20 kg in mass — estimates, which vary with specimen and method.
- 2.0 m
- 20 kg
The record gathers 7 bibliographic references registered in the PBDB, listed below.
Where it lived
Fossil occurrences on today’s map and in the tectonic reconstruction.
Positions reconstructed by PBDB/GPlates, not observed; this is not an exact habitat map.
Artistic 3D reconstruction
There is no approved species-specific 3D model yet. Generic anatomy will not be presented as if it were evidence.
Physical Specifications
- Length
- 2.0 m
- Weight
- 20 kg
- Period
- Cretaceous
- Time range
- 70.6 Ma
Discovery Information
- First Discovery
- 2000
- Described by
- Ronan Allain & Nicolas Taquet
Taxonomic Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Saurischia
- Family
- Dromaeosauridae
- Genus
- Pyroraptor
- Species
- P. olympius
Data status
Taxonomic name matched to PBDB and checked on 2026-08-08.
Taxonomic linkage does not automatically validate size, mass, behaviour or appearance.
- Type specimen
- MHNA.PaL.1998-5-12
- Type locality
- Provence, France