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sharp-clawed runner
Austroraptor
Say it like this: “AW-stroh-RAP-tuhr”
Austroraptor cabazai
Austroraptor ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Argentina.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 2009 · Novas, F. E.; Pol, D.; Canale, J. I.; Porfiri, J. D.; Calvo, J. O.
- Hip height
- 1.1 m · 4 ft
- Length
- 5–6 m · 16–20 ft
- Weight
- 300–520 kg · 661–1,146 lb
- Found in
- Argentina · Allen
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Unenlagiinae
The story in short
The genus Austroraptor dates to 2009, the year F. E. Novas and colleagues described it.
Fossils referred to Austroraptor date to the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from Argentina, including the Allen Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Austroraptor at a length near 5–6 m, hips about 1.1 m high, and a body mass around 300–520 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Unenlagiinae, among the theropod dinosaurs.