Legendary

Achillobator

Achillobator giganticus

ah-KILL-oh-BAY-tor· “Achilles hero”

🦕 Dinosaur🕰️ Cretaceous🥩 carnivore🦴 Dromaeosauridae

5 m

Length

1.8 m

Height

350 kg

Weight

One of the largest raptors — a heavily built dromaeosaur from Mongolia with a big sickle claw on each foot. Its name nods to Achilles, for the powerful ankle tendons that anchored its leg muscles.

When

Late Cretaceous, ~96–89 million years ago

Found in

Mongolia

Discovered

Altangerel Perle, 1999

Did you know?

Among the largest raptors, rivalling Utahraptor in bulk.
Named after Achilles, for its powerful ankle tendons.
A robust, heavyset hunter rather than a swift lightweight.

Artwork: PaleoNeolitic, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.