Dracoraptor
Dracoraptor was a small, fast meat-eating dinosaur that lived near the sea in what is now Wales. It had sharp, serrated teeth about one centimetre long for catching small animals. Scientists think it may have lived on the shoreline, hunting and scavenging.21
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Datos curiosos
Its name comes from the Welsh dragon, because it was found in Wales.1
The fossil was discovered in 2014 by brothers Nick and Rob Hanigan, along with Sam Davies, on a beach at Lavernock Point.1
Dracoraptor had three teeth in the front of its upper jaw, which is unusual for a theropod.2
Its skeleton was found in marine rocks, so scientists think the carcass washed out to sea from a nearby island.2
Dracoraptor was a fast runner because of its small size and long legs.1

As preguntas máis frecuentes sobre Dracoraptor
?How big was Dracoraptor?
The fossil found is a juvenile about 2.1 metres (6.9 feet) long with a hip height of 70 centimetres (28 inches). Adults may have grown to about 3 metres (9.8 feet) long.1
?What did Dracoraptor eat?
Dracoraptor was a meat-eater. It had small, sharp, serrated teeth about one centimetre long, so it probably ate small animals like lizards, insects and small mammals.13
?When did Dracoraptor live?
Dracoraptor lived about 201 million years ago, during the earliest part of the Jurassic Period. It is one of the oldest known Jurassic dinosaurs.1
?Where was Dracoraptor found?
Its fossils were discovered in 2014 on a beach at Lavernock Point in South Wales, near the town of Penarth. The bones had fallen from a cliff onto the shore.1
Para expertos en dinos
- Nome científico
- Dracoraptor
- Bautizado por
- Martill et al. 20164
- Grupo
- Dinos carnívoros
- Familia / clado
- Coelophysoidea4
- Clasificación
- Theropoda > Coelophysoidea4
- Idade das rochas
- de 201 a 200 millóns de anos (Hettangian)4
- Formacións rochosas
- Blue Lias4
- Países
- Reino Unido4
- Rexistros fósiles
- 1 na Paleobiology Database4
- Descubrimento
- Dracoraptor was discovered in 2014 by fossil hunters Nick and Rob Hanigan and Sam Davies at Lavernock Point in Wales. It was named and described in 2016 by paleontologists David Martill, Steven Vidovic, Cindy Howells, and John Nudds.12
- Aínda en debate
- Scientists are not sure exactly which limestone layer the Dracoraptor fossil came from, so its precise age is still debated.2
De onde veñen os datos
- Dracoraptor (en.wikipedia.org)
- The Oldest Jurassic Dinosaur: A Basal Neotheropod from the Hettangian of Great Britain - PMC (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
- Dinosaurs in Wales (museum.wales)
- Dracoraptor in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.
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