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Dinosaur: Pyroraptor olympius
| Length*: | 2.2 m | 7.2 ft |
| Weight*: | 29 kg | 64 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Late Campanian-Early Maastrichtian
Years: 83.6–66 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Allain & Taquet
Year: 2000
Distribution
Area: Europe
Country: France, Spain
Region: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Castile and León, Catalonia
Formation: Argiles et Grès à Reptiles, equivalent of Sedano, Tremp Group
Locations
Sources
Material: Pedal ungual II, pedal phalanx II-2, metatarsal II, pedal ungual II, ulna and teeth. Referred other fragments.
References: Allain and Taquet, (2000). A new genus of Dromaeosauridae (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of France.
Torices, Currie, Canudo and Pereda-Suberbiola, (2015). Theropod dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous of the South Pyrenees basin of Spain.
