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| More Dinosaur Fact Sheets | EnchantedLearning.com Megaraptor Fact Sheet |
Dinosaur/Paleontology Dictionary |
| NAME: | Meaning - Megaraptor means "huge robber" Pronounced - meg-a-RAP-tor Named By - Fernando E. Novas When Named - 1998 |
| DIET: | Carnivore (meat-eater) |
| SIZE: | Length - 20-26 feet (6-8 m) long Height - roughly 6 ft (2 m) tall at the hips Weight - ? |
| WHEN IT LIVED: | Late Cretaceous period, about 90-84 million years ago |
| WHERE IT LIVED: | Fossils have been found in the Rio Neuquen Rock Formation, Sierra del Portezuelo, Province of Neuquen, Argentina, South America. |
| FOSSILS: | Megaraptor remains were found in 1996 in Northwest Patagonia, Argentina, by paleontologist Fernando E. Novas. Only a few toe and leg bones have been found, including a sickle-claw 14 inch (35 cm) long. |
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| INTERESTING FACTS: |
Megaraptor was a large, terrifying late Cretaceous predator with two enormous, sickle-like toe claws . It was a huge, lightly built, fast-moving, agile, bipedal (walked on two legs), bird-like dinosaur. It had a curved, flexible neck, and a big head with sharp, serrated teeth in very powerful jaws.
The second toe on each foot had a 14 inch (35 cm) sickle-like claw and the other toes had smaller claws. When alive, this claw would have been sheathed in a horny, keratinous material much like our fingernails, making the claw even bigger, longer and sharper. |
| LINKS: | A detailed page on Megaraptor. |
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