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sharp-clawed runner
Pamparaptor
Say it like this: “PAM-pah-RAP-tuhr”
Pamparaptor micros
Pamparaptor 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
- 2011 · Porfiri, J. D.; Calvo, J. O.; Santos, D. dos
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 0.5–1.2 m · 2–4 ft
- Weight
- 3 kg · 6 lb
- Found in
- Argentina · Portezuelo
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Dromaeosauridae
The story in short
In 2011, J. D. Porfiri and colleagues published the name Pamparaptor. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
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 Pamparaptor at a length near 0.5–1.2 m and a body mass around 3 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Dromaeosauridae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Asiamericana
Asiamericana asiatica
Late Cretaceous (Turonian · Coniacian) · roughly 93.9 to 85.7 million years ago
Balaur
Balaur bondoc
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
Dakotaraptor
Dakotaraptor steini
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago