LegendaryBambiraptor
Bambiraptor feinbergi
BAM-bee-RAP-tor· “Bambi thief”
🦕 Dinosaur🕰️ Cretaceous🥩 carnivore🦴 Dromaeosauridae
1 m
Length
0.3 m
Height
2 kg
Weight
A tiny, bird-like raptor from Montana with a surprisingly large brain and long grasping arms. Known from a beautifully preserved juvenile skeleton, it hints at how sharp small dromaeosaurs may have been.
When
Late Cretaceous, ~72 million years ago
Found in
United States
Discovered
Wes Linster, 1995
Did you know?
- A crow-sized raptor, among the smallest known.
- Had an unusually large brain for a dinosaur of its size.
- Found by a 14-year-old boy hiking in Montana in 1995.
Artwork: PaleoEquii, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.