| Description | Buitreraptor is a predatory dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Argentina.
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| Rank | genus |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Dromaeosauridae : Buitreraptor |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Avetheropoda : Dromaeosauridae : Buitreraptor |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Scientific Name | Buitreraptor Makovicky, Apesteguía & Agnolín, 2005 |
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| Name Published In | Article title: The earliest dromaeosaurid theropod from South America. |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Buitreraptor | genus | belongs to Unenlagiinae | stated without evidence | Makovicky et al., 2005 | | Buitreraptor | genus | belongs to Dromaeosauridae | stated without evidence | Martínez and Novas, 2006 | | Buitreraptor | genus | belongs to Unenlagiinae | stated without evidence | Turner et al., 2007 | | Buitreraptor | genus | belongs to Dromaeosauridae | stated without evidence | Godefroit et al., 2008 | | Buitreraptor | genus | belongs to Unenlagiinae | stated with evidence | Novas et al., 2008 | | Buitreraptor | genus | belongs to Unenlagiinae | stated without evidence | Ezcurra, 2009 | | Buitreraptor | genus | belongs to Dromaeosauridae | stated with evidence | Hendrickx and Mateus, 2014 | | Buitreraptor | genus | belongs to Dromaeosauridae | stated without evidence | Delcourt and Grillo, 2014 | | Buitreraptor | genus | belongs to Unenlagiinae | stated without evidence | Williamson and Brusatte, 2014 | | Buitreraptor | genus | belongs to Unenlagiinae | stated with evidence | Gianechini et al., 2017 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous |
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| Environment | terrestrial (based on Dromaeosauridae) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Theropoda) |
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| Diet | carnivore (based on Dromaeosauridae) |
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| Reproduction | oviparous (based on Dromaeosauridae) |
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| Ontogeny | accretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda) |
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| Taphonomy | hydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | P. J. Makovicky, S. Apesteguía, and F. L. Agnolín. 2005. The earliest dromaeosaurid theropod from South America. Nature 437:1007-1011 |
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| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buitreraptor |
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| Makovicky P. J., Apesteguía S., et al (2005) The earliest dromaeosaurid theropod from South America, Nature 437, 1007-1011 |
| Martínez R. D., Novas F. E. (2006) Aniksosaurus darwini gen. et sp. nov., a new coelurosaurian theropod from the early Late Cretaceous of central Patagonia, Argentina, Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, nuevo serie 8 2, 243-259 |
| Turner A. H., Hwang S. H., et al (2007) A small derived theropod from Öösh, Early Cretaceous, Baykhangor Mongolia, American Museum Novitates 3557, 1-27 |
| Godefroit P., Currie P. J., et al (2008) A new species of Velociraptor (Dinosauria: Dromaeosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of northern China, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 2, 432-438 |
| Novas F. E., Pol D., et al (2008) A bizarre Cretaceous theropod dinosaur from Patagonia and the evolution of Gondwanan dromaeosaurids, Proceedings of the Royal Society B doi:10.1098/rspb.2008.1554 |
| Sereno P. C., Martínez R. N., et al (2008) Evidence for avian intrathoracic air sacs in a new predatory dinosaur from Argentina, PLoS ONE 3 9, e3303:1-20 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0003303 |
| Ezcurra M. D. (2009) Theropod remains from the uppermost Cretaceous of Colombia and their implications for the palaeozoogeography of western Gondwana, Cretaceous Research 30, 1339-1344 doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2009.08.004 |
| Knoll F., Ruiz-Omeñaca J. I. (2009) Theropod teeth from the basalmost Cretaceous of Anoual (Morocco) and their palaeobiogeographical significance, Geological Magazine 146 4, 602-616 doi:10.1017/S0016756809005950 |
| Longrich N. R., Currie P. J. (2009) A microraptorine (Dinosauria–Dromaeosauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of North America, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences doi:10.1073/pnas.0811664106 |
| Apesteguía S., de Valais S., et al (2011) New ichnological record from the late Campanian Toro Toro Formation at Toro Toro, Potosí (Bolivia): first probably dromaeosaurid tracks from South America, Ameghiniana 48 4, 662-667 |
| Prieto-Marquez A., Bolortsetseg M., et al (2012) A diminutive deinonychosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of Oosh (Ovorkhangai, Mongolia), Alcheringa 36 1, 117-136 doi:10.1080/03115518.2011.590401 |
| Delcourt R., Grillo O. N. (2014) On maniraptoran material (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from Vale do Rio do Peixe Formation, Bauru Group, Brazil, Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 17 3, 307-316 doi:10.4072/rbp.2014.3.03 |
| Hendrickx C., Mateus O. (2014) Abelisauridae (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Late Jurassic of Portugal and dentition-based phylogeny as a contribution for the indentification of isolated theropod teeth, Zootaxa 3759 1, 1-74 |
| Pei R., Li Q., et al (2014) A New Specimen of Microraptor (Theropoda: Dromaeosauridae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Western Liaoning, China, American Museum Novitates 3821, 1-28 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1206/3821.1 |
| Williamson T. E., Brusatte S. L. (2014) Small theropod teeth from the Late Cretaceous of the San Juan Basin, northwestern New Mexico and their implications for understanding latest Cretaceous dinosaur evolution, PLoS ONE 9 4, e93190:1-23 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0093190 |
| Gianechini F. A., Makovicky P. J., et al (2017) The cranial osteology of Buitreraptor gonzalezorum Makovicky, ApesteguÍa, and AgnolÍn, 2005 (Theropoda, Dromaeosauridae), from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27 1, e1255639:1-19 doi:10.1080/02724634.2017.1255639 |
| refer original publication - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| web search (AJR) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| www.organismnames.com (Jul 2012) / web search - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| Article title: The earliest dromaeosaurid theropod from South America. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| Nature 437. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
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