Genus
Valid Extinct

Luanchuanraptor

Lü and et al 2007

Luanchuanraptor is a genus of dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of China. The genus is based on a partial skeleton from the Qiupa Formation in Luanchuan, Henan. They were medium-sized dromaeosaurids, the first Asian dromaeosaurid taxa described from outside the Gobi Desert or northeastern China.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Luanchuanraptor
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Tetanurae Unranked clade
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Coelurosauria Unranked clade
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Maniraptora Unranked clade
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Paraves Unranked clade
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Deinonychosauria Infraorder
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Dromaeosauridae Family
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Luanchuanraptor Genus
Measurements
Length
1,8 m ⓘ
Luanchuanraptor henanensis 
Mass
12 kg ⓘ
Luanchuanraptor henanensis 
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Qiupa
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Luanchuanraptor henanensis 72 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
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
Bibliography (1)
L. Xu, Y. Kobayashi, and Y.-N. Lee, Y. Liu, K. Tanaka, X. Zhang, S. Jia, J. Zhang. 2011. A new ornithomimid dinosaur with North American affinities from the Late Cretaceous Qiupa Formation in Henan Province of China. Cretaceous Research 32(1):213-222 DOI ↗