Pyroraptor

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iPyroraptor

Drawing by Jardon Mallon

Extinct (fossil)

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Class:	Sauropsida
Superorder:	Dinosauria
Order:	Saurischia
Suborder:	Theropoda
Infraorder:	Coelurosauria
Family:	Dromaeosauridae
Subfamily:	Dromaeosaurinae
Genus:	Pyroraptor
Species:	P. olympius

Binomial name

Pyroraptor olympius
Allain & Taquet, 2000

Pyroraptor Olympius ("fire thief from Olympus", a reference to Prometheus) was a small, bird like dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous (76-74 million years ago). It is estimated to grow to be 2.5 metres (8 feet).

1 Discoveries
2 Popular Culture
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Discoveries

The first and only identified member was found in the south of France, in Provence, and is know only from a few bones. Pyroraptor may have grown up to 5 meters (15 to 17 ft).

[edit] Popular Culture

It appears in an episode of Dinosaur Planet. The episode is based on a male named Pod, who is taken from his home into modern-day Hateg Island by a tsunami. While there, he meets mini versions of species he grew up with.

[edit] References

Allain, R., and P. Taquet. 2000, A new genus of Dromaeosauridae (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of France, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20: 404-407 [June 27, 2000]