Rativates
Field photograph to come
Rativates
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- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Ornithomimidae
- Found in
- Canada
- Named by
- McFeeters et al. 2016
Field notes
About Rativates
Rativates was an omnivorous theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Ornithomimidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Rativates, from Alberta. Its fossils come from the Oldman Formation. It was named by McFeeters et al. in 2016.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Ornithomimidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: B. McFeeters, M. J. Ryan, and C. Schroder-Adams, T. M. Cullen. 2016. A new ornithomimid theropod from the Dinosaur Park Formation of Alberta, Canada. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36:e1221415:1-20