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Dakotaraptor steini DePalma et al. 2015 (coelurosaur)

Reptilia - Avetheropoda - Dromaeosauridae

PaleoDB taxon number: 331110

Full reference: R. A. DePalma, D. A. Burnham, L. D. Martin, P. L. Larson, and R. T. Bakker. 2015. The first giant raptor (Theropoda: Dromaeosauridae) from the Hell Creek Formation. The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions 14:1-16

Belongs to Dakotaraptor according to R. A. DePalma et al. 2015

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PBMNH.P10.113.T, a set of postcrania. Its type locality is Dakotaraptor Quarry, Bone Butte, which is in a Maastrichtian fluvial sandstone in the Hell Creek Formation of South Dakota.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore