Named By: | Peter J. Makovicky, Sebastian Apesteguia & Frederico L. Agnolin in 2005 |
Time Period: | Late Cretaceous, 94 Ma |
Location: | Argentina, Patagonia - Candeleros Formation |
Size: | About 1.5 meters long |
Diet: | Carnivore |
Fossil(s): | Based upon a skull and partial skeleton. At least two further individuals exist |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Theropoda | Dromaeosauridae | Unenlagiinae | |
Buitreraptor is a predatory dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Argentina.
Buitreraptor was described in 2005. The type species is Buitreraptor gonzalezorum. It was rooster-sized and had a very elongated head with many small teeth.