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Dromaeosauridae

Dineobellator notohesperus dih-nayohbuh-LAYTER

Generic raptor body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Dineobellator 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic raptor body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Dineobellator
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (100–66 Mya)
Place
United States · Mexico · New Mexico, USA
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Dromaeosauridae Dinosauria Saurischia Theropoda Coelurosauria Sickle-clawed raptors: Velociraptor, Deinonychus, Utahraptor.
Dineobellator reconstruction by Sergey Krasovskiy
Reconstruction · Sergey Krasovskiy (CC-BY)

Dineobellator (meaning Diné warrior, pronounced ) is a genus of dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian age) Ojo Alamo Formation (Naashoibito Member) of New Mexico, United States. The genus contains a single species, Dineobellator notohesperus, known from a partial skeleton.

What we know

  • Named by Jasinski et al. 2020.
  • Fossils found in United States and Mexico.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Dineobellator — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.