Genus
Valid Extinct

Buitreraptor

Makovicky et al. 2005
Etymology Voleur de La Buitrera

Buitreraptor is a genus of unenlagiine theropod dinosaurs that lived during the Early Cretaceous of Argentina at the Candeleros Formation. Buitreraptor was described in 2005 and the type species is Buitreraptor gonzalezorum. It was rooster-sized and had a very elongated head with many small teeth.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Buitreraptor
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Buitreraptor displayed at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada. © Eduard Solà · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
Buitreraptor
Buitreraptor
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Tetanurae Unranked clade
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Coelurosauria Unranked clade
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Maniraptora Unranked clade
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Paraves Unranked clade
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Deinonychosauria Infraorder
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Dromaeosauridae Family
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Unenlagiinae Subfamily
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Buitreraptor Genus
Measurements
Length
1,5 m ⓘ
Buitreraptor gonzalezorum
1,3 m ⓘ
Mass
5,5 kg ⓘ
Buitreraptor gonzalezorum
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇷 Argentina
3
Geological formations
Candeleros
3
Temporal distribution
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
3
Species (1)
Buitreraptor gonzalezorum 113 Ma
Images 8
Bibliography
Original description
P. J. Makovicky, S. Apesteguía, and F. L. Agnolín. 2005. The earliest dromaeosaurid theropod from South America. Nature 437:1007-1011 DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
F. E. Novas, F. Brissón Egli, and F. L. Agnolín, F. A. Gianechini, I. Cerda. 2018. Postcranial osteology of a new specimen of Buitreraptor gonzalezorum (Theropoda, Unenlagiidae). Cretaceous Research 83:127-167 DOI ↗
P. J. Makovicky, S. Apesteguía, and F. L. Agnolín. 2005. The earliest dromaeosaurid theropod from South America. Nature 437:1007-1011 DOI ↗