Buitreraptor Buitreraptor gonzalezorum Makovicky et al. 2005
/bjˈuːɪtɹɚɹˌæptɚ/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · 100.5–93.9 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Where It Was Found
Country
Argentina
Region
Río Negro
Formation
Candeleros
Dig sites
3
distinct collections
Overview
Buitreraptor gonzalezorum is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 100.5–93.9 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling. Fossils have been recovered from Río Negro, Argentina. It was named by Makovicky et al. 2005. The species is represented by 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~11%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Buitreraptor gonzalezorum sits in deep time
Buitreraptor
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Buitreraptor gonzalezorum's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.