[D] Bambiraptor feinbergorum [Su] [sG] [T]
Describer
Burnham, Derstler, Currie, Bakker, Zhou & Ostrom, 2000 emended Olshevsky, 2000
Time
Cretaceous Late Maastrichtian
Classification
Saurischia Theropoda Tetanurae Coelurosauria Dromaeosauridae
Diet
Carnivore
Fossilsite
Two Medicine Formation, Montana, US
Length
0,91 meter
Info
Genus - Typespecies - Skull
Bambiraptor feinbergorum was discovered in 1994 by 14-year-old Wes Linster, who was hunting for fossils near Montana\\\\\\\'s Glacier National Park. Now, scientists have identified it as what may be the most convincing evolutionary link yet between dinosaurs and birds: a 75 million-year-old creature with a roadrunner\\\\\\\'s body, arms that resembled clawed wings, and thin, hair-like feathers, anatomically it is the most bird-like dinosaur yet discovered.
Burnham, Derstler, Currie, Bakker, Zhou & Ostrom, 2000 emended Olshevsky, 2000
Time
Cretaceous Late Maastrichtian
Classification
Saurischia Theropoda Tetanurae Coelurosauria Dromaeosauridae
Diet
Carnivore
Fossilsite
Two Medicine Formation, Montana, US
Length
0,91 meter
Info
Genus - Typespecies - Skull
Bambiraptor feinbergorum was discovered in 1994 by 14-year-old Wes Linster, who was hunting for fossils near Montana\\\\\\\'s Glacier National Park. Now, scientists have identified it as what may be the most convincing evolutionary link yet between dinosaurs and birds: a 75 million-year-old creature with a roadrunner\\\\\\\'s body, arms that resembled clawed wings, and thin, hair-like feathers, anatomically it is the most bird-like dinosaur yet discovered.