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Troodontidae

Tamarro

Generic raptor body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Tamarro 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic raptor body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Tamarro
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (66.1–66 Mya)
Place
Spain
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Troodontidae Dinosauria Saurischia Theropoda Coelurosauria Small, brainy, feathered theropods.

Tamarro (named after a mythological creature in local culture) is a genus of troodontid theropod from the Late Cretaceous Talarn Formation (Tremp Group) of Spain. The genus contains a single species, Tamarro insperatus, known from a partial metatarsal described in 2021.

What we know

  • Named by Sellés et al., 2021.
  • Fossils found in Spain.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Tamarro — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.