Dromaeosaurid dinosaur genus from the Late Cretaceous
Buitreraptor
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, ~98–97 Ma
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Mounted skeleton, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Clade:
Dinosauria
Clade:
Saurischia
Clade:
Theropoda
Family:
†Dromaeosauridae
Subfamily:
†Unenlagiinae
Genus:
†Buitreraptor Makovicky et al. 2005
Type species
†Buitreraptor gonzalezorum
Makovicky et al. 2005
Buitreraptor (meaning "La Buitrera seizer") is a genus of dromaeosaurid dinosaurs that lived during the Late Cretaceous of Argentina at the Candeleros Formation. Buitreraptor was described in 2005 and the type species is Buitreraptor gonzalezorum. It was rooster-sized and had a very elongated head with many small teeth.
Buitreraptor (meaning "La Buitrera seizer") is a genus of dromaeosaurid dinosaurs that lived during the Late Cretaceous of Argentina at the Candeleros...
that Austroraptor was a close relative of the unenlagiine dromaeosaur Buitreraptor, with which it shares certain derived characteristics of the neck vertebrae...
outside of Dromaeosauridae. The larger, ground-dwelling members like Buitreraptor and Unenlagia show strong flight adaptations, although they were probably...
to the elongated shape known from the later discovered related genera Buitreraptor and Austroraptor. Novas and Puerta found that the pelvic region of Unenlagia...
theropods include the abelisaurid Ekrixinatosaurus, the dromaeosaurid Buitreraptor, and the alvarezsauroid Alnashetri. Other reptiles include the crocodyliform...
(2024) present a reconstruction of the pelvic and hindlimb musculature of Buitreraptor gonzalezorum. Based on comparisons to extant birds, joint poses in the...
and have weighed 75 kg (165 lb). It was larger than its close relative Buitreraptor, a genus it shared some osteological and physical similarities with....
Makovicky, Apesteguía and Agnolin described the new genus and species Buitreraptor gonzalezorum. Novas and Pol described the new genus and species Neuquenraptor...
form) a carcharodontosaurid (Giganotosaurus) a dromaeosaurid theropod (Buitreraptor gonzalezorum) an alvarezsauroid theropod (Alnashetri) a basal coelurosaur...
snake Najash, the mammal Cronopio dentiacutus, the theropods Alnashetri, Buitreraptor, Ekrixinatosaurus, and Giganotosaurus, as well as the sauropods Andesaurus...
Smaller predators also inhabited the area, including the dromaeosaurid Buitreraptor, the alvarezsauroid Alnashetri, and the basal coelurosaurian Bicentenaria...
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