Outline: a typical theropod
Bambiraptor
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Length
- about 1 m (3 ft)
- Group
- Theropods, Dromaeosauridae
- Named by
- Burnham et al. 2000
Size comparison
To scale
Scale in metersOutline: typical theropod shape
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
No finds with map coordinates are recorded yet.
Field notes
About Bambiraptor
What it was like
Bambiraptor was a small feathered hunter from the same family as Velociraptor. The known skeleton is only about 1 meter (3 feet) long and seems to be a young animal, so adults were probably bigger.
It had long arms, a sickle claw on each foot and a relatively large brain for a dinosaur. Some scientists think it may be a young Saurornitholestes rather than a separate genus.
Its world
It lived about 84 to 72 million years ago, in the Late Cretaceous, in western North America.
How it was found
Burnham and colleagues named Bambiraptor in 2000. Its playful name comes from its small size.
Close relatives
Other members of Dromaeosauridae
Sources: WikidataNamed in: D. A. Burnham, K. L. Derstler, and P. J. Currie, R. T. Bakker, Z. Zhou, J. H. Ostrom. 2000. Remarkable new birdlike dinosaur (Theropoda: Maniraptora) from the Upper Cretaceous of Montana. University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions 13:1-14