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sharp-clawed runner · Doubtful name
Rapator
Say it like this: “RAP-uh-tor”
Rapator ornitholestoides
Rapator ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Australia.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
- Named in
- 1932 · Huene, F. V.
- Hip height
- 2 m · 7 ft
- Length
- 9 m · 30 ft
- Weight
- 2 tonnes
- Found in
- Australia · Griman Creek
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Megaraptora
The story in short
In 1932, F. V. Huene published the name Rapator.
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian), roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago. Finds come from Australia, including the Griman Creek Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Rapator at a length near 9 m, hips about 2 m high, and a body mass around 2 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Megaraptora, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Aoniraptor
Aoniraptor libertatem
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian) · roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago
Fukuiraptor
Fukuiraptor kitadaniensis
Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian · Barremian · Aptian) · roughly 132.6 to 113.2 million years ago
Phuwiangvenator
Phuwiangvenator yaemniyomi
Early Cretaceous (Valanginian · Hauterivian) · roughly 137.1 to 125.8 million years ago