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| More Dinosaur Fact Sheets | EnchantedLearning.com Utahraptor Fact Sheet |
Dinosaur/Paleontology Dictionary |
| NAME: | Meaning - Utahraptor means "Robber from Utah" Pronounced - YOU-tah-RAP-tor Named By - James I. Kirkland, Robert Gaston and Donald Burge When Named - 1993 |
| DIET: | Carnivore (meat-eater) |
| SIZE: | Length - 16-23 feet (5-7 m) long Height - About 6 ft (1.7 m) tall at the hips Weight - Roughly 1 ton |
| WHEN IT LIVED: | Cretaceous period, about 125 million years ago |
| WHERE IT LIVED: | Fossils have been found in the Cedar Mountain Formation of central Utah, USA, North America. |
| FOSSILS: | A fragmentary skeleton was found, including sharp hand and foot claws. |
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| INTERESTING FACTS: |
Utahraptor's second toe had a 9-15 inch (23-38 cm) retractible, sickle-shaped claw; the other toes had smaller claws. Utahraptor was twice as large as Deinonychus. |
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