Very HardAustroraptor
Austroraptor cabazai
OS-troh-RAP-tor· “southern thief”
🕰️ Cretaceous🥩 carnivore🦴 Dromaeosauridae
5.5 m
Length
1.6 m
Height
350 kg
Weight
One of the largest raptors ever discovered, from South America — with a long, low crocodile-like snout and surprisingly short arms for a dromaeosaur.
When
Late Cretaceous, ~70 million years ago
Found in
Argentina
Discovered
Fernando Novas, 2008
Did you know?
- It was one of the biggest raptor dinosaurs known, up to ~5.5 m long.
- Its arms were unusually short for a raptor.
- Its long, cone-toothed snout suggests it caught fish.
Artwork: TotalDino, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.