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Utahraptor
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Utahraptor is similar to Velociraptor, but much larger.
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- Pronounced
- YOO-tah-RAP-tor
- Meaning of name
- Utah plunderer
- Length
- 6m
- Height
- 2m
- Weight
- 1000kg
- Teeth
- lots of sharp, pointed teeth
- Diet
- carnivorous
- Food
- other animals
- How it moved
- on 2 legs
- When it lived
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Early Cretaceous
(112 - 100 million years ago) - Found in
- USA
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Neotherapoda, Tetanurae, Avetherapoda, Coelurosauria, Tyrannoraptora, Maniraptoriformes, Maniraptora, Paraves, Eumaniraptora, Dromaeosauridae, Utahraptor
- Named by
- Kirkland, Gaston and Burge (1993)
- Type species
- ostrommaysorum