Araucanoraptor
Araucanoraptor argentinus
Pronounced:
arrow - Can - o -
Rap - tore
Diet:
Carnivore (meat-
eater)
Name
Means:
"Araucan Chicken
Raider"
Length:
8.25 ft. (2.5 m)
Height:
2.75 ft. (83 cm)
Weight:
66 lb. (30 kg)
Time:
Late Cretaceous - 90
mya
Fossil
remains for this
Dinosaur have
been found in
South America
Araucanoraptor is one of
the newly discovered
bird-like dinosaurs. It
was a swift predator
that may have had
feathers. It is most
closely related to
Troodon and
was about the size of
Velociraptor
Araucanoraptor was
discovered in the same
area as the huge
Megaraptor
Very little is known
about this creature.
Scientists have
developed their theories
from the fossil evidence
made up of some foot
material. |
