Achillobator

Pronunciation:
a-kil-oh-bah-tor
Name meaning:
'Achilles hero'

© Andrey Atuchin

Type of dinosaur:
large theropod
Length:
5.0m
Diet:
carnivorous
When it lived:
Late Cretaceous, 99-84 million years ago
Found in:
Mongolia

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Dromaeosauridae
Named by:
Perle, Norell and Clark (1999)
Type species:
giganteus