Genus
Valid Extinct

Halszkaraptor

Cau et al. 2017

Halszkaraptor is a genus of waterfowl-like dromaeosaurid dinosaurs from Mongolia that lived during the Late Cretaceous period. It contains only one known species, Halszkaraptor escuilliei.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Halszkaraptor
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Exposed elements of H. escuilliei holotype; ep epicleideum, st sternal plates. Scale bar: 70 mm. © Andrea Cau, Vincent Beyrand, Rinchen Barsbold, Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar & Pascal Godefroit · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
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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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Halszkaraptorinae Subfamily
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Halszkaraptor Genus
Measurements
Length
0,73 m ⓘ
Halszkaraptor escuilliei
Mass
0,4 kg ⓘ
Halszkaraptor escuilliei
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇳 Mongolia
1
Geological formations
Djadokhta
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Halszkaraptor escuilliei 84 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
A. Cau, V. Beyrand, and D. F. A. E. Voeten, V. Fernandez, P. Tafforeau, K. Stein, R. Barsbold, K. Tsogtbaatar, P. J. Currie, P. Godefroit. 2017. Synchrotron scanning reveals amphibious ecomorphology in a new clade of bird-like dinosaurs. Nature DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
A. Cau, V. Beyrand, and D. F. A. E. Voeten, V. Fernandez, P. Tafforeau, K. Stein, R. Barsbold, K. Tsogtbaatar, P. J. Currie, P. Godefroit. 2017. Synchrotron scanning reveals amphibious ecomorphology in a new clade of bird-like dinosaurs. Nature DOI ↗