Genus
Valid Extinct

Orkoraptor

Novas et al. 2008
Etymology Le voleur de la riviére dentée

Orkoraptor is a genus of medium-sized megaraptoran theropod dinosaur from the late Cretaceous Period of Argentina. It is known from incomplete fossil remains including parts of the skull, teeth, tail vertebrae, and a partial tibia. The specialized teeth resemble those of some maniraptoriform theropods, namely the deinonychosaurs and compsognathids. This and other anatomical features led the authors who described it to suggest that it was a maniraptoran coelurosaur. However, subsequent studies found it to be a megaraptoran. Found in the Cerro Fortaleza Formation of Southern Patagonia, it is one of the southernmost carnivorous dinosaurs known from South America.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Orkoraptor
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PBDB Wikipedia
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Theropoda Unranked clade
Neotheropoda Unranked clade
Averostra Unranked clade
Tetanurae Unranked clade
Coelurosauria Unranked clade
Megaraptora Unranked clade
Megaraptoridae Family
Orkoraptor Genus
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇷 Argentina
2
Geological formations
Cerro Fortaleza
2
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
2
Species (1)
Orkoraptor burkei 84 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
F. E. Novas, M. D. Ezcurra, and A. Lecuona. 2008. Orkoraptor burkei nov. gen. et sp., a large theropod from the Maastrichtian Pari Aike Formation, southern Patagonia, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 29(3):468-480 DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
F. L. Agnolín, G. Álvarez Herrera, and M. Aranciaga Rolando, M. Motta, S. Rozadilla, L. Verdiquio, J. S. D.'Angelo, D. Moyano-Paz, A. N. Varela, J. Sterli, S. Bogan, S. Miner, A. M. Rodríguez, G. Munoz, M. P. Isasi , F. E. Novas. 2024. Fossil vertebrates from the Cerro Fortaleza Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 154:105735:1-33 DOI ↗
F. E. Novas, M. D. Ezcurra, and A. Lecuona. 2008. Orkoraptor burkei nov. gen. et sp., a large theropod from the Maastrichtian Pari Aike Formation, southern Patagonia, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 29(3):468-480 DOI ↗