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Achillobator assumed skeleton

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This is when I believed that Megaraptor was from the family Dromaeosauridae.

Achillobator Perle, Norell & Clark, 1999

Type Species: Achillobator giganticus

Name Meaning: "Gigantic Achilles hero"

Synonyms: None

Classification breakdown:

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Archosauri
Superorder Dinosauria
Order Saurischia
Suborder Theropoda
Family Dromaeosauridae
Genus Achillobator
Species giganticus


Measurements

Height: 2 meters (7 feet)

Length: 5 meters (17 feet)

Mass: unknown

Placement in Time

Cretaceous, Santonian and Campanian

Known Locations

Burkhant, Mongolia

Recovered Remains

holotype (FR.MNUFR-15) (4.6-6.6 m) maxilla (290.8 mm), nine teeth (to 38 mm, FABL 17 mm), sixth cervical vertebra (34.6 mm), tenth cervical vertebra (51.3 mm), fourth (?) dorsal vertebra (53.8 mm), posterior dorsal vertebra (49.5 mm), anterior dorsal rib, posterior dorsal rib, mid-caudal vertebra, six distal caudal vertebrae, three chevrons, scapula, coracoid, radius (260 mm), metacarpal III (71 mm), phalanx I-1 (78 mm), manual ungual (90.5, 112 curve), ilium (531 mm), pubes (548 mm), ischium (378 mm), femur (505 mm), tibia (490.4 mm), phalanx II-2 (56.4 mm), pedal ungual II, metatarsal III (234.4 mm), phalanx III-2 (55 mm), metatarsal IV (209.6 mm)

Information

Achillobator was a giant raptor dinosaur that lived in Asia. It was discovered in 1999 and scientists are still studying this huge meat-eater. This dinosaur was similar in size to the North American Utahraptor and was probably one of the most vicious hunters of its time. It has made scientists rethink their ideas about the raptor family in Asia.

Further study is needed to firmly assign Achillobator to the dromaeosaur family. Its initial assignment to this group is based on a number of shared characteristics, but these findings are preliminary.

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sstanford2's avatar

This is what the "Velociraptors" in the Jurassic Park franchise actually are