Overoraptor

Name: Overoraptor ‭(‬piebald thief‭)‬.
Phonetic: O-ve-ro-rap-tor.
Named By: Matías J.‭ ‬Motta,‭ ‬Federico L.‭ ‬Agnolín,‭ ‬Federico Brissón Egli‭ & ‬Fernando E.‭ ‬Novas‭ ‬-‭ ‬2020.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Theropoda,‭ ‬Paraves.
Species: O.‭ ‬chimentoi‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Uncertain.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Argentina‭ ‬-‭ ‬Huincul Formation.
Time period: Cenomanian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial‭ ‬post cranial remains.

       Overoraptor is a genus of paravian theropod dinosaur that lived in South America during the late Cretaceous.

Further reading
-‭ ‬New theropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia sheds light on the paravian radiation in Gondwana.‭ ‬-‭ ‬The Science of Nature.‭ ‬107‭ (‬3‭)‬:‭ ‬Article number‭ ‬24.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Matías J.‭ ‬Motta,‭ ‬Federico L.‭ ‬Agnolín,‭ ‬Federico Brissón Egli‭ & ‬Fernando E.‭ ‬Novas‭ ‬-‭ ‬2020.



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