Dalianraptor cuhe Dalianraptor
"Dalian thief"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Dalianraptor 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Early Cretaceous (120 Mya)
- Place
- China
- Food
- Carnivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria
Dalianraptor (meaning “Dalian thief”) is a dubious, possibly chimeric, genus of theropod dinosaurs from the Jiufotang Formation of China, dating to the Early Cretaceous. It was initially believed to have been a possible dromaeosaurid before it was described in 2005.
What we know
- Named by Gao & Liu, 2005.
- Fossils found in China.