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Anew species of a small, meat-eating dinosaur ('raptor') based on newly discovered fossils from Montana, USA. Acheroraptor (ACK-ear-oh-RAPtor) temertyorum is the youngest known dromaeosaurid, or "raptor" dinosaur. A close cousin of Velociraptor, it was approximately three metres...

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Published in:ROM (Toronto) 2015-01, Vol.47 (3), p.30
Main Author: Gillies, Allison
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Art galleries & museums
Dinosaurs
Museum exhibits
Paleontology
Temerty, James
Temerty, Louise
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Summary:Anew species of a small, meat-eating dinosaur ('raptor') based on newly discovered fossils from Montana, USA. Acheroraptor (ACK-ear-oh-RAPtor) temertyorum is the youngest known dromaeosaurid, or "raptor" dinosaur. A close cousin of Velociraptor, it was approximately three metres long and weighed about 40 kilograms. The new dinosaur discovery is based on a pair of associated upper and lower jaws from the Hell Creek Formation of Montana. Acheroraptor walked on two legs and was relatively large for a "raptor", with a long-snouted skull and dagger-like ridged teeth. Due to its close relationship to birds and other feathered dinosaurs, it was likely covered in feathers. Acheroraptor means "Acheron plunderer" and is derived from Acheron, the River of Pain in the underworld of ancient Greek mythology, and the Latin word raptor, meaning robber or plunderer, acknowledging the Hell Creek Formation origin of the fossils.
ISSN:1911-947X