Halszkaraptor

Field photograph to come

DV-0982Djadokhta Fm., Mongolia

Halszkaraptor

DV-0982

Lived
84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet
Carnivore
Group
Theropods, Dromaeosauridae
Found in
Mongolia
Named by
Cau et al. 2017

Field notes

About Halszkaraptor

Halszkaraptor was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Dromaeosauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Halszkaraptor, from Mongolia. Its fossils come from the Djadokhta Formation. It was named by Cau et al. in 2017.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

80 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Dromaeosauridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: A. Cau, V. Beyrand, and D. F. A. E. Voeten, V. Fernandez, P. Tafforeau, K. Stein, R. Barsbold, K. Tsogtbaatar, P. J. Currie, P. Godefroit. 2017. Synchrotron scanning reveals amphibious ecomorphology in a new clade of bird-like dinosaurs. Nature