Overoraptor uuoovuhruuoo-RAPTUHR
"piebald thief"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Overoraptor 1.3 m (4.3 ft) long
as long as 2 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 1.3 m (4.3 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (97–93 Mya)
- Place
- Argentina
- Food
- Carnivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Overoraptor (, meaning “piebald thief”) is an extinct genus of paravian theropod of uncertain affinities from the Late Cretaceous Huincul Formation of Argentinian Patagonia. The genus contains a single species, O. chimentoi, known from several bones of the hands, feet, and hips alongside some vertebrae.
What we know
- Named by Motta et al., 2020.
- Body length estimated at about 1.3 m.
- Fossils found in Argentina.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Overoraptor — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.