Pyroraptor olympius Allain and Taquet 2000 (maniraptoran)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae

Full reference: R. Allain and P. Taquet. 2000. A new genus of Dromaeosauridae (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of France. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(2):404-407

Belongs to Pyroraptor according to P. Chanthasit and E. Buffetaut 2009

See also Allain and Taquet 2000, Delcourt and Grillo 2014, Dutour and Tortosa 2010, Isasmendi et al. 2022, Osi and Buffetaut 2011, Sellés et al. 2021, Senter et al. 2004 and Torices et al. 2015

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MNHN BO001. Its type locality is La Boucharde, which is in a Campanian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in France.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), Spain (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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