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GIGANTORAPTOR
(gee-gan-to-rap-tor)
meaning: "Giant thief"
Gigantoraptor
Named By: Xu Xing, Tan Qingwei, Wang Jianmin, Zhao Xijin, Tan Lin in 2007
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, 85 Ma
Location: Mongolia - Iren Dabasu Formation
Size: 8 meters long
Diet: unavailable
Fossil(s): 1 partial skeleton, of a sub adult. Skull is unknown but the mandible has been recovered
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Theropod | Oviraptoridae |
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Gigantoraptor is a genus of giant oviraptorosaurian theropod dinosaur.

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