Overoraptor uuoovuhruuoo-RAPTUHR
"piebald thief"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Overoraptor 1.3 m (4.3 ft) long
2 people holding hands
- Length
- 1.3 m (4.3 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (97–93 Mya)
- Place
- Argentina
- Food
- Carnivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria
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.