Achillobator Perle et al. 1999 (maniraptoran)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae

Full reference: A. Perle, M. A. Norell, and J. M. Clark. 1999. A new maniraptoran theropod—Achillobator giganticus (Dromaeosauridae)—from the Upper Cretaceous of Burkhant, Mongolia. Contributions of the Department of Geology, National University of Mongolia 101:1-105

Parent taxon: Eudromaeosauria according to S. E. Jasinski et al. 2020

See also Burnham et al. 2004, Currie 2000, Delcourt and Grillo 2014, Godefroit et al. 2008, Longrich and Currie 2009, Norell and Makovicky 2004, Pei et al. 2014, Perle et al. 1999, Senter et al. 2004, Sues and Averianov 2014, Turner et al. 2007 and Williamson and Brusatte 2014

Sister taxa: Adasaurus, Deinonychus, Dromaeosaurinae, Saurornitholestinae, Utahraptor, Vectiraptor, Velociraptorinae

Subtaxa: Achillobator giganticus

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Burkhant (MNUFR) (Cretaceous of Mongolia)

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