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 (say "Bwee-tray-RAP-tor") is a small dromaeosaur dinosaur. It lived during the Cretaceous period in what is now Argentina. This dinosaur was about 1.5 meters (four to five feet) long. That's roughly the size of a human teenager!
Buitreraptor had a very unique look. It had a long, flat, and thin snout. Its jaws were full of many small teeth. These teeth were not sharp like a meat-eater's. Instead, they were grooved, curved, and flat. This suggests Buitreraptor ate small animals. It likely hunted lizards and small mammals.
Scientists believe Buitreraptor had feathers. This is because its close dinosaur relatives were found with feathers.
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
