Pamparaptor

Pamparaptor
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
(Late Turonian),[1] ~93.5–85.5 Ma
Life restoration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Paraves
Family: †Dromaeosauridae
Genus: †Pamparaptor
Porfiri, Calvo & Santos, 2011
Type species
† Pamparaptor micros
Porfiri, Calvo & Santos, 2011

Pamparaptor (/ˈpɑːmpəræptər/, meaning "thief of the Pampas") is an extinct genus of paravian theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Portezuelo Formation of the Neuquén province in Argentine Patagonia. Its precise classification is uncertain, but the authors who described this taxon have argued that it is a dromaeosaurid. The genus contains a single species, P. micros (from the Greek word for "small"), which is known from a single specimen consisting of a mostly complete and fully-articulated left foot, which preserves the iconic dromaeosaur-like "killing claw".[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference locality was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Porfiri, Juan D.; Jorge O. Calvo; Domenica dos Santos (2011). "A new small deinonychosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina" (PDF). Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 83 (1): 109–116. doi:10.1590/S0001-37652011000100007. ISSN 0001-3765. PMID 21437378.