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Ojoraptorsaurus
Say it like this: “o-jo-RAP-tuh-SOR-us”
Ojoraptorsaurus boerei
Ojoraptorsaurus ate plants and meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in the United States.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 2011 · Sullivan, R. M.; Jasinski, S. E.; Van Tomme, M. P. A.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 1.8–2.1 m · 6–7 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- the United States · Ojo Alamo
- Food and walking
- Omnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Caenagnathidae
The story in short
In 2011, R. M. Sullivan and colleagues published the name Ojoraptorsaurus. The name means “ojo Alamo plunderer lizard.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from the United States, including the Ojo Alamo Formation. It was an omnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Ojoraptorsaurus at a length near 1.8–2.1 m.
On the family tree it sits in Caenagnathidae, among the theropod dinosaurs.