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Troodontidae

Geminiraptor

"twin seizer"

Generic raptor body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Geminiraptor 1.5 m (4.9 ft) long
as long as 2 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic raptor body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Geminiraptor
Length
1.5 m (4.9 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (139–134.6 Mya)
Place
North America · Utah, USA
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Troodontidae Dinosauria Saurischia Theropoda Coelurosauria Small, brainy, feathered theropods.

Geminiraptor (meaning “twin seizer”) is a genus of troodontid theropod dinosaur that lived in North America during the Early Cretaceous period. Geminiraptor was a small, ground-dwelling bipedal carnivorous paravian. The type species of Geminiraptor is G. suarezarum.

What we know

  • Named by Senter et al., 2010.
  • Body length estimated at about 1.5 m.
  • Fossils found in North America and Utah, USA.

What we guess

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