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Bambiraptor Burnham, Derstler, Currie, Bakker, Zhou & Ostrom, 2000 emended Olshevsky, 2000
    TYPE SPECIES:
  • B. feinbergorum Burnham, Derstler, Currie, Bakker, Zhou & Ostrom, 2000 emended Olshevsky, 2000 "Ann and Michael Feinberg's Bambi (fictional fawn) raider"
 
Animalia
                           Vertebrata
                           Tetrapoda
                           Sauropsida
                           Archosauromorpha
                           Ornithodira
                           Dinosauria
                           Theropoda
                           Tetanurae
                           Coelurosauria
                           Deinonychosauria

see also: Genus Index, Classification

MEASUREMENTS

LENGTH: 1 m (subadult) MASS: 3 kg (subadult)

see also: World Records

TIME

late Campanian

see also: Ages of the Mesozoic

PLACE

Montana

see also: Paleo-Maps

REMAINS

  • (subadult) [holotype]: specimen

see also: Anatomy

ESSAY

This tiny, long-armed, bird-like creature was originally thought to be a juvenile velociraptorine. It has the largest brain-to-body ratio of any non-avian dinosaur.

see also: The Bambiraptor Home Page

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