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RAPATOR
(ra-pa-tor)
meaning: "Thief"
Rapator
Named By: Friedrich von Huene in 1932
Time Period: Early Cretaceous, 105 Ma
Location: Australia, New South Wales - Griman Creek Formation
Size: Estimated at up to 9 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Finger bone
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Theropoda | Megaraptora |
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Rapator is a genus of theropod dinosaur from the Griman Creek Formation of New South Wales, Australia, dating to the Albian age of the early Cretaceous period, 105 million years ago. It contains only the type species, Rapator ornitholestoides, which was originally named by Friedrich von Huene in 1932.

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