Named By: | D. M. Martill, S. U. Vidovic, C. Howells & J. R. Nudds in 2016 |
Time Period: | Early Jurassic, 201-199 Ma |
Location: | Wales - Blue Lias Formation |
Size: | Holotype estimated to have been 2.1 meters long, however this was a juvenile at the time of death. Adults may have been up 3 meters long |
Diet: | Carnivore |
Fossil(s): | Partial skull and partial post cranial skeletal remains |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Theropoda | |
Dracoraptor is a genus of carnivorous neotheropod dinosaur from the Hettangian age of the Early Jurassic period of Wales.