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sharp-clawed runner · Doubtful name
Valdoraptor
Say it like this: “VALD-o-RAP-tor”
Valdoraptor oweni
Valdoraptor ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in the United Kingdom.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) · roughly 137.1 to 132.6 million years ago
- Named in
- 1991 · Olshevsky, G.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- the United Kingdom · Grinstead Clay
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Tetanurae
The story in short
The genus Valdoraptor dates to 1991, the year G. Olshevsky described it. The name means “wealden plunderer.”
Fossils referred to Valdoraptor date to the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian), roughly 137.1 to 132.6 million years ago. Finds come from the United Kingdom, including the Grinstead Clay Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
The fossils of Valdoraptor are too incomplete for a responsible length, hip height, or weight, so those fields are left blank on purpose.
On the family tree it sits in Tetanurae, among the theropod dinosaurs.