Genus
Valid Extinct

Austroraptor

Novas et al. 2008

Austroraptor is a genus of paravian dinosaur in the clade Unenlagiinae known from the Late Cretaceous Allen Formation of Argentina.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Austroraptor
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Selected unenlagiid traits: (A) maxilla and dentary of Austroraptor cabazai showing the rostral process of the maxilla, the anteroposteriorly elongated postantral wall, and the sub-parallel dorsal and ventral margins of the dentary. af, antorbital fenestra; mxf, maxillary fenestra; pan, postantral wall. © Federico L. Agnolin, Matias J. Motta, Federico Brissón Egli, Gastón Lo Coco & Fernando E. Novas · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
Austroraptor
Austroraptor
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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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Unenlagiinae Subfamily
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Austroraptor Genus
Measurements
Length
6,2 m ⓘ
Austroraptor cabazai
Mass
340 kg ⓘ
Austroraptor cabazai
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇷 Argentina
2
Geological formations
Allen
2
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
2
Species (1)
Austroraptor cabazai 72 Ma
Images 10
Bibliography
Original description
F. E. Novas, D. Pol, and J. I. Canale, J. D. Porfiri, J. O. Calvo. 2008. A bizarre Cretaceous theropod dinosaur from Patagonia and the evolution of Gondwanan dromaeosaurids. Proceedings of the Royal Society B DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
P. J. Currie and A. Paulina Carabajal. 2012. A new specimen of Austroraptor cabazai, Pol, Canale, Porfiri and Calvo, 2008 (Dinosauria, Theropoda, Unenlagiidae) from the latest Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Río Negro, Argentina. Ameghiniana 49(4):662-667 DOI ↗
F. E. Novas, D. Pol, and J. I. Canale, J. D. Porfiri, J. O. Calvo. 2008. A bizarre Cretaceous theropod dinosaur from Patagonia and the evolution of Gondwanan dromaeosaurids. Proceedings of the Royal Society B DOI ↗