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Dino Fact File #11 - Pyroraptor

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Distribution: Provence, France
Classification: Theropoda, Tetanurae, Deinonychosauria, Dromaeosauridae
Meaning of name: "fire thief"
Named by: Ronan Allain and Philippe Taquet, 2000
Time: Campanian to Maastrichtian stages of the Late Cretaceous
Size: 2 m (6 ft)
Lifestyle: Hunter
Species: P. olympius

Pyroraptor's name is derived from the fact that its remains were found in an area where the rocks had been cleared of vegetation after a forest fire. The specimen consits of the limb bones, a few vertebrae and some teeth. The material is more clearly dromaeosaurid than the remains of the contemporary Variraptor, and this is also one of the few members of the group to be found in Europe.

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Species number: 11
Story arc: 3
Episode: 12
Other information: Pyroraptor, along with the other deinonychosaurs of Dinosaur Island, often form mixed packs to hunt and to share food with. Their striking red plumage makes it easy to identify these stealthy creatures. They are also known for almost constantly making references to internet memes.

Description
The Computer Dinosaurs

Dino Fact File #11 - Pyroraptor

--- Real World ---

Distribution: Provence, France
Classification: Theropoda, Tetanurae, Deinonychosauria, Dromaeosauridae
Meaning of name: "fire thief"
Named by: Ronan Allain and Philippe Taquet, 2000
Time: Campanian to Maastrichtian stages of the Late Cretaceous
Size: 2 m (6 ft)
Lifestyle: Hunter
Species: P. olympius

Pyroraptor's name is derived from the fact that its remains were found in an area where the rocks had been cleared of vegetation after a forest fire. The specimen consits of the limb bones, a few vertebrae and some teeth. The material is more clearly dromaeosaurid than the remains of the contemporary Variraptor, and this is also one of the few members of the group to be found in Europe.

--- The Computer Dinosaurs ---

Species number: 11
Story arc: 3
Episode: 12
Other information: Pyroraptor, along with the other deinonychosaurs of Dinosaur Island, often form mixed packs to hunt and to share food with. Their striking red plumage makes it easy to identify these stealthy creatures. They are also known for almost constantly making references to internet memes.