Atrociraptor Currie and Varricchio 2004 (maniraptoran)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae

Full reference: P. J. Currie and D. J. Varricchio. 2004. A new dromaeosaurid from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Alberta, Canada. Feathered Dragons. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 112-132

Parent taxon: Saurornitholestinae according to S. E. Jasinski et al. 2020

See also Currie and Varricchio 2004, Godefroit et al. 2008, Larson and Currie 2013, Longrich and Currie 2009, Pei et al. 2014, Sues and Averianov 2014 and Williamson and Brusatte 2014

Sister taxon: Saurornitholestes

Subtaxa: Atrociraptor marshalli

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (6: Alberta collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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