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Dromaeosauridae

Itemirus

Generic raptor body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Itemirus 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 Itemirus
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Cretaceous (145–66 Mya)
Place
Uzbekistan
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Dromaeosauridae Dinosauria Saurischia Theropoda Coelurosauria Sickle-clawed raptors: Velociraptor, Deinonychus, Utahraptor.

Itemirus is a genus of dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur from the Turonian aged Bissekty Formation of the Late Cretaceous period of Uzbekistan.

What we know

  • Named by Kurzanov, 1976.
  • Fossils found in Uzbekistan.

What we guess

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