Named By: | M. C. Langer, A. D. Rincon, J. Ramezani, A. Solorzano & O. W. M. Rauhut in 2014 |
Time Period: | Early Jurassic |
Location: | Venezuela - La Quinta formation |
Size: | Tibia 25 centimetres long. Further details uncertain but total body length roughly estimated to have been about 1.5 meters long |
Diet: | Carnivore |
Fossil(s): | Tibia (lower leg bone) and partial hip |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Theropoda | |
Tachiraptor ("thief of Tachira") is a genus of carnivorous theropod dinosaurs found in the early Jurassic period La Quinta Formation of Venezuela. It includes one species, Tachiraptor admirabilis, described from a fossilized tibia and ischium. They were small bipedal dinosaurs, with a deduced total body length of just over 1.5 m (4.9 ft). They were likely generalist predators, preying on smaller vertebrates like other dinosaurs or lizards.