Buitreraptor facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Buitreraptor |
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| Reconstructed skeleton of the holotype MPCA 245 at the Carlos Ameghino Provincial Museum | |
Scientific classification  |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Family: | †Dromaeosauridae |
| Subfamily: | †Unenlagiinae |
| Genus: | †Buitreraptor Makovicky et al. 2005 |
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| †Buitreraptor gonzalezorum Makovicky et al. 2005
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Buitreraptor is a small dromaeosaur from the Cretaceous of Argentina. It was about four to five feet long (1.5 metres).
Buitreraptor has a slender, flat, extremely elongated snout. Its jaws have many small teeth which lack meat-tearing serrations or cutting edges. They are grooved, strongly recurved and flattened. This probably meant it ate quite small animals, like lizards and mammals.
Since its close relatives had feathers, it is likely that Buitreraptor also was feathered.
Images for kids
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Skeletal composite of specimens MPCA 245 and MPCA 238
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Size compared to a human
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Reconstructed skeleton of the holotype MPCA 245 at the Carlos Ameghino Provincial Museum
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Life restoration
See also
In Spanish: Buitreraptor gonzalezorum para niños
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