Reptilia - Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Alternative combination: Buitreraptor gonzalorum
Full reference: P. J. Makovicky, S. Apesteguía, and F. L. Agnolín. 2005. The earliest dromaeosaurid theropod from South America. Nature 437:1007-1011
Belongs to Buitreraptor according to F. A. Gianechini et al. 2018
See also Bever and Norell 2009, Canale et al. 2016, Cerda and Gianechini 2015, Davis et al. 2023, Delcourt and Grillo 2014, Ezcurra 2009, Gianechini and de Valais 2013, Gianechini et al. 2011, Gianechini et al. 2017, Goianechini and Apesteguía 2011, Hendrickx and Mateus 2014, Longrich and Currie 2009, Machado et al. 2008, Makovicky et al. 2005, Martínez and Novas 2006, Motta et al. 2016, Norell et al. 2009, Novas et al. 2013, Novas et al. 2021, Novas et al. 2018, Novas et al. 2008, Porfiri et al. 2007, Porfiri et al. 2011, Prieto-Marquez et al. 2012, Salisbury et al. 2011, Turner et al. 2007 and Turner et al. 2011
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MPCA 245, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is La Buitrera (Hoyada de los esfenodontes), which is in a Cenomanian crevasse splay sandstone in the Candeleros Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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