Linheraptor Linheraptor
"Etymology TBD"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Linheraptor 1.8 m (5.9 ft) long
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- Length
- 1.8 m (5.9 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (100–66 Mya)
- Place
- China · Mongolia
- Food
- Carnivore
Linheraptor is a genus of dromaeosaurid dinosaur which lived in what is now China in the Late Cretaceous. It was named by Xu Xing and colleagues in 2010, and contains the species Linheraptor exquisitus. This bird-like dinosaur was less than 2 m (6.5 ft) long and was found in Inner Mongolia. It is known from a single, nearly complete skeleton.
What we know
- Named by Xu et al., 2010.
- Body length estimated at about 1.8 m.
- Fossils found in China and Mongolia.