Dinosaur
Austroraptor
Its forearms were especially short compared to those of other dromaeosaurids.
Austroraptor was a large dromaeosaurid with forearms surprisingly short compared to other relatives.
Three stages. One companion.
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Austroraptor at a glance
- Diet
- Carnivore
- It is interpreted as a consumer of other animals. Hunting and scavenging are not mutually exclusive behaviors.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Unenlagiinae
- Unenlagiines
- Fossil locations
- Argentina
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Austroraptor
It was a bipedal carnivore measuring approximately five to six meters. Its size places it among the largest paravians, the large group that also includes birds and their close relatives.
Its forearms were especially short compared to those of other dromaeosaurids. Its construction reminds us that a group does not have a single bodily form. Kinship is recognized by sets of features, even if the proportions of the limbs are different.
This grouping describes evolutionary relationships. Its members share ancestors; they do not form a chain in which one must turn into another.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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- Austroraptor cabazai
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- Austroraptor
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- Unenlagiinae
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- Living birds
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