Achillobator
Achillobator is a dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous period of what is now Mongolia. It lived about 90 million years ago.
Achillobator Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous
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It was probably an active predator, hunting with the large sickle-shaped claw on the second toe of each foot. It was a large dromaeosaurid: the first and only individual specimen found is estimated at being 5 meters (17 feet) long. The name comes from Achilles, a famous ancient Greek warrior of the Trojan War. It refers to the large Achilles tendon needed to use the sickle claw on the foot, which was the major weapon of dromaeosaurids. The one species is named A. giganticus because it is much larger than other dromaeosaurids.
Achillobator Media
Size comparison of the holotype and an 1.8-m-tall human
A leaping Deinonychus employing RPR on Zephyrosaurus
Achillobator compared to the known dinosaurs of the Bayan Shireh Formation (Achillobator in dark yellow, second from right)