Acheroraptor Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian),
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Casts of the holotype maxilla and referred dentary, National Museum of Natural History. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Clade: | Pennaraptora |
Clade: | Paraves |
Family: | †Dromaeosauridae |
Genus: | †Acheroraptor Evans et al., 2013 |
Type species | |
†Acheroraptor temertyorum Evans et al., 2013
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Acheroraptor is an extinct genus of dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur known from the latest Maastrichtian Hell Creek Formation of Montana, United States. It contains a single species, Acheroraptor temertyorum. A. temertyorum is one of the two geologically youngest known species of dromaeosaurids, the other being Dakotaraptor steini, which is also known from Hell Creek. A basal cousin of Velociraptor, Acheroraptor is known from upper and lower jaw material.