Buitreraptor
Buitreraptor is a small dromaeosaur from the Cretaceous of Argentina. It was about four to five feet long (1.5 metres).[1]
| Buitreraptor Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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| Reconstructed skeleton of the holotype MPCA 245 at the Carlos Ameghino Provincial Museum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Unrecognized taxon (fix): | Buitreraptor |
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| †Buitreraptor gonzalezorum Makovicky et al. 2005
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Buitreraptor has a slender, flat, extremely elongated snout. Its jaws have many small teeth which lack meat-tearing serrations or cutting edges. They are grooved, strongly recurved and flattened.[2] This probably meant it ate quite small animals, like lizards and mammals.
Since its close relatives had feathers, it is likely that Buitreraptor also was feathered.
Buitreraptor Media
Size of Buitreraptor gonzalezorum compared to a human, a species of Dromaeosaurid*Unenlagiinae who lived during the Cretaceous period in Argentina, more precisely in the Candaleros Formation.
References
- ↑ Paul G.S. 2010. The Princeton field guide to dinosaurs. Princeton University Press, 139.
- ↑ Gianechini F.A.. The teeth of the unenlagiine theropod Buitreraptor from the Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina, and the unusual dentition of the Gondwanan dromaeosaurids. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56 (2) (2011). p. 279–290. doi:10.4202/app.2009.0127.