Apatoraptor

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Apatoraptor
Temporal range:
Ma
Holotype fossil at
Royal Tyrrell Museum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Family: Caenagnathidae
Genus: Apatoraptor
Funston & Currie, 2016
Species:
A. pennatus
Binomial name
Apatoraptor pennatus
Funston & Currie, 2016

Apatoraptor (meaning "deceptive thief") is a genus of caenagnathid dinosaur which contains a single species, A. pennatus. The only known specimen was discovered in the Campanian-age Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Alberta.[1]

Discovery

Life reconstruction of Apatoraptor pennatus

In 1993, at Drumheller in Alberta, three kilometres west of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, a skeleton was found of a theropod. As it was initially identified as some unimportant ornithomimid specimen, preparation only started in 2002 and was almost immediately discontinued when no skull was thought to be present, the fossil again being covered in plaster. In 2008, research was resumed, and only then was it discovered that the fossil represented a species new to science.[1]

In 2016, the

Apatè, and Latin raptor, "robber", in reference to the specimen hiding its true identity for many years. The specific name means "feathered" in Latin, referring to the find of quill knobs on the ulna, showing the animal had wings.[1]

The

Classification

Apatoraptor was, within the

See also

References

  1. ^
    S2CID 131090028
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