Utahraptor

U. ostrommaysi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Deinonychosauria

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: †Deinonychosauria

Familia: †Dromaeosauridae
Subfamilia: †Velociraptorinae
Genus: †Utahraptor
Species: †U. ostrommaysi

Name

Utahraptor Kirkland, Gaston & Burge, 1993

Type species: Utahraptor ostrommaysi Kirkland, Gaston & Burge, 1993

Etymology: from Utah, the US state where the holotype was found + Latin raptor (“robber”), a common suffix for dromaeosaurids.

References

Primary references

• Kirkland, J.I., Gaston, R.G. & Burge, D.B. 1993. A large dromaeosaurid (Theropoda) from the Lower Cretaceous of Eastern Utah. Hunteria 2(10): 1–16. Academia.edu Reference page. 

Links

• Utahraptor – Taxon details on Fossilworks.

Vernacular names

čeština: Utahraptor
日本語: ユタラプトル
português: Utarraptor
中文: 猶他盜龍

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