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OJORAPTORSAURUS
(o-jo-rap-tor-sore-us)
meaning: "Ojo thief lizard"
Ojoraptorsaurus
Named By: Robert M. Sullivan, Steven E. Jasinski & Mark P.A. Van Tomme in 2011
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, 69 Ma
Location: USA - Ojo Alamo Formation
Size: Uncertain due to lack of remains
Diet: Uncertain
Fossil(s): Pair of fused pubis (part of the pelvis)
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Theropoda | Oviraptorosauria | Caenagnathoidea | Caenagnathidae |
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Ojoraptorsaurus is a genus of oviraptorosaurian dinosaur from the late Cretaceous. Ojoraptorsaurus is known from the holotype SMP VP-1458, an incomplete pair of fused pubes found at the Naashoibito Member of the Ojo Alamo Formation dating from the early to the late Maastrichtian, about 69 to 66 million years ago. It was first named by Robert M. Sullivan, Steven E. Jasinski and Mark P.A. van Tomme in 2011 and the type species is Ojoraptorsaurus boerei. The generic name combines a reference to the formation with a Latin raptor, "plunderer", and a Latinised Greek saurus, "lizard". The specific name honours oceanographer Arjan Boere who found the specimen.

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