Reptilia - Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Alternative combinations: Utahraptor ostromaysorum, Utahraptor ostrommaysorum
Full reference: J. I. Kirkland, D. Burge, and R. Gaston. 1993. A large dromaeosaur (Theropoda) from the Lower Cretaceous of eastern Utah. Hunteria 2(10):1-16
Belongs to Utahraptor according to N. R. Longrich and P. J. Currie 2009
See also Britt et al. 2009, Burnham et al. 2000, DePalma et al. 2015, Garrison et al. 2007, Kiernan and Schwimmer 2004, Kirkland et al. 1993, Kirkland et al. 1999, Kirkland et al. 2016, Krumenacker et al. 2022, Milàn et al. 2015, Norell and Makovicky 2004, Olshevsky 2000, Parsons and Parsons 2015, Rauhut 2003, Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo 2003, Senter et al. 2012, Swanson et al. 2005 and Turner et al. 2007
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CEUM 184. Its type locality is Robert Gaston Quarry (CEU 91-1), which is in a Valanginian pond siltstone/limestone in the Cedar Mountain Formation of Utah.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Utah collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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