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sharp-clawed runner
Buitreraptor
Say it like this: “bwee-tree-rap-tor”
Buitreraptor gonzalezorum
Buitreraptor ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Argentina.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
- Named in
- 2005 · Makovicky, P. J.; Apesteguía, S.; Agnolín, F. L.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 1.3 m · 4 ft
- Weight
- 3 kg · 7 lb
- Found in
- Argentina · Candeleros
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Unenlagiinae
The story in short
In 2005, P. J. Makovicky and colleagues published the name Buitreraptor. The name means “la Buitrera seizer.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian), roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago. Finds come from Argentina, including the Candeleros Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Buitreraptor at a length near 1.3 m and a body mass around 3 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Unenlagiinae, among the theropod dinosaurs.