Overoraptor
Sign in to saveOveroraptor (, meaning "piebald thief") is an extinct genus of paravian theropod of uncertain affinities from the Late Cretaceous Huincul Formation of Argentinian Patagonia. The genus contains a single species, O. chimentoi, known from several bones of the hands, feet, and hips alongside some vertebrae.
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- Parent taxon
- Saurischia
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- Overoraptor
- taxon name
- Overoraptor chimentoi
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Overoraptor (, meaning "piebald thief") is an extinct genus of paravian theropod of uncertain affinities from the Late Cretaceous Huincul Formation of Argentinian Patagonia. The genus contains a single species, O. chimentoi, known from several bones of the hands, feet, and hips alongside some vertebrae.
==Discovery and naming==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Overoraptor” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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