Neuquenraptor argentinus Neuquenraptor
"thief"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Neuquenraptor 3.5 m (11.5 ft) long
2 people holding hands
- Length
- 3.5 m (11.5 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (90 Mya)
- Place
- South America · Argentina
- Food
- Carnivore
Neuquenraptor (meaning Neuquén thief) is a genus of unenlagiine theropod dinosaurs that lived in South America during the Late Cretaceous in what is now the Portezuelo Formation of Argentina. It is one of the first dromaeosaurids found in the Southern Hemisphere.
What we know
- Named by Novas & Pol, 2005.
- Body length estimated at about 3.5 m.
- Fossils found in South America and Argentina.