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Buitreraptor
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- Pronounced
- bwee-tree-rap-tor
- Meaning of name
- Buitrera ('vulture roost') plunderer
- Length
- 1.3m
- Diet
- carnivorous
- When it lived
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Late Cretaceous
(99 - 90 million years ago) - Found in
- Argentina
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Neotherapoda, Tetanurae, Avetherapoda, Coelurosauria, Tyrannoraptora, Maniraptoriformes, Maniraptora, Paraves, Eumaniraptora, Dromaeosauridae, Unenlagiinae, Buitreraptor
- Named by
- Makovicky, Apesteguía & Agnolin (2005)
- Type species
- gonzalezorum