Named By: | David C. Evans, Derek W. Larson & Philip J. Currie in 2013 |
Time Period: | Late Cretaceous, 66 Ma |
Location: | USA, Montana - Hell Creek Formation |
Size: | Uncertain due to lack of fossil remains, but scaling of known elements to related genera suggest a length of about 2 meters |
Diet: | Carnivore |
Fossil(s): | Right maxilla (tooth bearing bone of the upper jaw), dentary and teeth |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Theropoda | Dromaeosauridae | Velociraptorinae | |
Acheroraptor is an extinct genus of dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur known from the latest Maastrichtian Hell Creek Formation of Montana, United States. It contains a single species, Acheroraptor temertyorum. A. temertyorum is one of the two geologically youngest known species of dromaeosaurids, the other being Dakotaraptor, which is also known from Hell Creek.