Bambiraptor

Pronunciation:
bam-bee-rap-tor
Name meaning:
'Bambi plunderer'

© Andrey Atuchin

Type of dinosaur:
small theropod
Length:
1.0m
Diet:
carnivorous
When it lived:
Late Cretaceous, 84-71 million years ago
Found in:
USA

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Dromaeosauridae
Named by:
Burnham, Derstler, Currie, Bakker, Zhou and Ostrom (2000)
Type species:
feinbergorum