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sharp-clawed runner · Disputed
Neuquenraptor
Say it like this: “NEW-kin-RAP-tuhr”
Neuquenraptor argentinus
Neuquenraptor ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Argentina.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Turonian · Coniacian) · roughly 93.9 to 85.7 million years ago
- Named in
- 2005 · Novas, F. E.; Pol, D.
- Hip height
- 0.7 m · 2 ft
- Length
- 1.8–3.5 m · 6–11 ft
- Weight
- 75 kg · 165 lb
- Found in
- Argentina · Portezuelo
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Unenlagiinae
The story in short
Neuquenraptor was formally named in 2005 by F. E. Novas and D. Pol. The name means “neuquén thief.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Turonian · Coniacian), roughly 93.9 to 85.7 million years ago. Finds come from Argentina, including the Portezuelo Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Neuquenraptor at a length near 1.8–3.5 m, hips about 0.7 m high, and a body mass around 75 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Unenlagiinae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Austroraptor
Austroraptor cabazai
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
Buitreraptor
Buitreraptor gonzalezorum
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
Diuqin
Diuqin lechiguanae
Late Cretaceous (Santonian) · roughly 85.7 to 83.6 million years ago