Buitreraptor
Field photograph to come
Buitreraptor
DV-0565 · type species Buitreraptor gonzalezorum
- Lived
- 113 to 110 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Length
- about 1.3 m (4 ft)
- Group
- Theropods, Dromaeosauridae
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Makovicky et al. 2005
Field notes
About Buitreraptor
Buitreraptor was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 113 to 110 million years ago. It belongs to the family Dromaeosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 3 finds of Buitreraptor, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Candeleros Formation. It was named by Makovicky et al. in 2005.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
110 million years ago
To scale
How big was Buitreraptor?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Dromaeosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: P. J. Makovicky, S. Apesteguía, and F. L. Agnolín. 2005. The earliest dromaeosaurid theropod from South America. Nature 437:1007-1011