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sharp-clawed runner
Apatoraptor
Say it like this: “ah-PAY-toh-RAP-tuhr”
Apatoraptor pennatus
Apatoraptor ate plants and meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Canada.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 2016 · Funston, G. F.; Currie, P. J.
- Hip height
- 1.1 m · 4 ft
- Length
- 2.5 m · 8 ft
- Weight
- 50 kg · 110 lb
- Found in
- Canada · Horseshoe Canyon
- Food and walking
- Omnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Caenagnathidae
The story in short
Apatoraptor was formally named in 2016 by G. F. Funston and P. J. Currie. The name means “deceptive thief.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from Canada, including the Horseshoe Canyon Formation. It was an omnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Apatoraptor at a length near 2.5 m, hips about 1.1 m high, and a body mass around 50 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Caenagnathidae, among the theropod dinosaurs.