Dinosaur: Orkoraptor burkei
| Length*: | 8.4 m | 27.6 ft |
| Weight*: | 1.4 tons | 3,086 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Campanian-Maastrichtian
Details
Status: valid
Autor: Novas, Ezcurra & Lecuona
Year: 2008
Area: South America
Country: Argentina
Region: Santa Cruz
Formation: Cerro Fortaleza
Other
Material: Skull fragments, teeth, fragmentary ribs, caudal vertebrae and chevrons, proximal tibia and other fragments. Referred teeth and incomplete fibula ?
References: Novas, F.E., Ezcurra, M.D. & Lecuona, A. (2008) "Orkoraptor burkei nov. gen. et sp., a large theropod from the Maastrichtian Pari Aike Formation, Southern Patagonia, Argentina".
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