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Luanchuanraptor

Say it: LWAN-chwan-RAP-tor

Name means: “Luanchuan thief”1

Ate: MeatRaptorsLate Cretaceous

Luanchuanraptor was a small, fast dinosaur that hunted other animals. It lived in what is now China during the Late Cretaceous period. This raptor was one of the first of its kind found outside the Gobi region and northeastern China.1

Lived

72 to 66 million years ago5

Late Cretaceous

Fossils found in

Qiupa Formation, Luanchuan Basin, western Henan, China5 1

Food

Meat5 2

Length

1.1 to 1.8 m3

estimate, based on immature individual; adult slightly larger

Weight

2.2 kg to 2.5 kg3

estimate, based on immature individual; adult slightly larger

When did it live?

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

252 million years ago20114566, the asteroid

How big was it?

How long was it?

How heavy was it?

as heavy as 21 bananas

as long as 4 house cats nose to tailas long as 10 bananas end to endabout as heavy as a house catas heavy as 21 bananas

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Fun facts

Luanchuanraptor is the first dromaeosaurid dinosaur found outside the Gobi region and northeastern China in Asia.1

Its teeth had about 24 serrations (like tiny saw teeth) per 5 millimeters on the back edge.1

The bones in its tail had long extensions that wrapped around the vertebra in front, helping the tail stay stiff.1

The upper arm bone (humerus) was straight, and the deltopectoral crest (a ridge for muscle attachment) covered almost the upper half of the bone.1

Luanchuanraptor lived during the Maastrichtian age, about 72 to 66 million years ago.5 2

AI-made picture of Luanchuanraptor — An AI-made picture of how Luanchuanraptor might have looked, made by a computer from what scientists know. It is a guess: the real animal may have looked different, and nobody knows its true colours.

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Most asked questions about Luanchuanraptor

?How big was Luanchuanraptor?

About 1.1 to 1.8 metres long and weighed 2.2 to 2.5 kilograms. That is about the size of a large turkey.4

?What did Luanchuanraptor eat?

It was a carnivore that hunted other animals. Its teeth had serrations like tiny saw teeth, which helped it eat meat.4 5

?When did Luanchuanraptor live?

It lived during the Late Cretaceous period, about 72 to 66 million years ago.4

?Is Luanchuanraptor a dinosaur?

Yes, it is a dinosaur. It belongs to a group called dromaeosaurids, which are small, fast, meat-eating dinosaurs.4 5

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Scientific name: Luanchuanraptor
Named by: Lü and et al 20075
Group: Raptors
Family / clade: Dromaeosauridae5
Classification: Theropoda > Dromaeosauridae5
Age of the rocks: 72 to 66 million years (Maastrichtian)5
Rock formations: Qiupa5
Countries: China5
Fossil records: 1 in the Paleobiology Database5
Discovery: Luanchuanraptor was named by Lu Jun-chang and colleagues in 2007 based on fossils found in the Qiupa Formation of Luanchuan, Henan, China.1

Where the facts come from

New dromaeosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Qiupa Formation of Luanchuan area, western Henan, China (dzhtb.cgs.cn)
Luanchuanraptor Lü - Encyclopedia of Life (eol.org)
Luanchuanraptor - Wikipedia (en-wp.org)
Luanchuanraptor (Wikipedia) (Wikipedia)
Luanchuanraptor in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): age, places, rock formations, classification.

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