Luanchuanraptor
Field photograph to come
Luanchuanraptor
DV-0634 · type species Luanchuanraptor henanensis
- Lived
- 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Dromaeosauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Lü and et al 2007
Field notes
About Luanchuanraptor
Luanchuanraptor was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Dromaeosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Luanchuanraptor, from China. Its fossils come from the Qiupa Formation. It was named by Lü and et al in 2007.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
70 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Dromaeosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. Lü. 2008. Vertebrate assemblages from the Late Cretaceous of Luanchuan, Henan Province, China. International Dinosaur Symposium in Fukui 2008: Recent Progress of the Study on Asian Dinosaurs and Paleoenvironments. Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, Fukui