Santanaraptor placidus Santanaraptor

"Santana Formation thief"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Santanaraptor 1.5 m (4.9 ft) long
2 people holding hands
Length
1.5 m (4.9 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (112 Mya)
Place
South America
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Dinosauria

Santanaraptor (meaning “Santana Formation thief”) is a genus of coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur that lived in South America during the Early Cretaceous (late Aptian-early Albian), about 112 million years ago.

What we know

  • Named by Kellner, 1999.
  • Body length estimated at about 1.5 m.
  • Fossils found in South America.