Orkoraptor was a carnivore. It lived in the Cretaceous period and inhabited South America. Its fossils have been found in places such as Argentina.
Quick facts about Orkoraptor:
- Existed from Campanian Age to Maastrichtian Age
- Lived in a terrestrial habitat
- Was a carnivore
- Reproduced by laying eggs
- Only one specimen has been found by paleontologists
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Orkoraptor was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- F. E. Novas, M. D. Ezcurra, and A. Lecuona. 2008. Orkoraptor burkei nov. gen. et sp., a large theropod from the Maastrichtian Pari Aike Formation, southern Patagonia, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 29(3):468-480
- F. L. Agnolín, G. Álvarez Herrera, and M. Aranciaga Rolando, M. Motta, S. Rozadilla, L. Verdiquio, J. S. D.'Angelo, D. Moyano-Paz, A. N. Varela, J. Sterli, S. Bogan, S. Miner, A. M. Rodríguez, G. Munoz, M. P. Isasi , F. E. Novas. 2024. Fossil vertebrates from the Cerro Fortaleza Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 154:105735:1-33
