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Maleriraptor
Say it like this: “muh-LEH-ree-RAP-tuh”
Maleriraptor kuttyi
Maleriraptor ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Triassic. Bones have been found in India.
- When
- Late Triassic (Norian) · roughly 227.3 to 205.7 million years ago
- Named in
- 2025 · Ezcurra, M. D.; Garcia, M. S.; Novas, F. E.; Müller, R. T.; Agnolín, F. L.; Chatterjee, S.
- Hip height
- 0.9 m · 3 ft
- Length
- 4 m · 13 ft
- Weight
- 250 kg · 551 lb
- Found in
- India · Maleri
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- early dinosaur · Early dinosaur
- Family branch
- Herrerasauria
The story in short
In 2025, M. D. Ezcurra and colleagues published the name Maleriraptor. The name means “maleri thief.”
Fossils referred to Maleriraptor date to the Late Triassic (Norian), roughly 227.3 to 205.7 million years ago. Finds come from India, including the Maleri Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Maleriraptor at a length near 4 m, hips about 0.9 m high, and a body mass around 250 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Herrerasauria, among the earliest dinosaurs.