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    Utahraptor - Wikipedia

    Utahraptor (meaning "Utah's predator") is a genus of large dromaeosaurid (a group of feathered carnivorous theropods) dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous period from around 135 to 130 million years ago in what is now the United States. The genus was described in 1993 by an American … See more

    The first specimens of Utahraptor were found in 1975 by Jim Jensen in the Dalton Wells Quarry of Utah, near the town of Moab, … See more

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    Kirkland et al. noted that given the huge size of Utahraptor, it was not as fast as Deinonychus See more

    Raptor Red was published in 1995, and features the fictionalized story of a female Utahraptor. Written by paleontologist Robert T. Bakker, it was positively regarded by … See more

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    Utahraptor was one of, if not the largest and heaviest of all dromaeosaurids, with the largest assigned specimen BYUVP 15465 having a femoral length of 56.5–60 cm (22.2–23.6 in). See more

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    Utahraptor lived in the lower part of the Cedar Mountain Formation, a bed known as the Yellow Cat Member. According to the authors of its … See more

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    webFound in: USA. Utahraptor was a meat-eating dinosaur that lived in what's now North America. It was a member of the dromaeosaur group, like Velociraptor. But Utahraptor was much larger, the largest known …

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    Utahraptor got its official name when Kirkland and his colleagues published a paper introducing the animal in 1993. Fittingly, that's the same year "Jurassic Park" stomped into theaters.
    animals.howstuffworks.com/dinosaurs/utahraptor.htm
    The authors of the paper estimated that Utahraptor may have been about 20 feet long and a little less than a thousand pounds, making it a somewhat stocky hunter.
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    Utahraptor is a member of the family Dromaeosauridae, a clade of theropod dinosaurs commonly known as "raptors". Utahraptor is the largest known genus in the family and belongs to the same clade of other notable dinosaurs such as Velociraptor, Deinonychus, or Dromaeosaurus.
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    Utahraptor is in the subfamily Dromaeosaurinae, which contained the biggest of the dromaeosaurs in the form of Utahraptor as well as Dakotaraptor and Achillobator. Being a carnivore, Utahraptor was adapted to hunt the other animals of the Cedar Mountain Formation ecosystem such as ankylosaurs and iguanodonts.
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  7. What Do We Really Know About Utahraptor?

    webFeb 22, 2011 · Utahraptor is a large predatory dinosaur that lived in the Early Cretaceous and was related to Deinonychus and Velociraptor. Learn about its discovery, size, diet and fossil fragments from this article by Riley Black.

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    webLearn about Utahraptor, the largest and oldest of all raptor dinosaurs, that starred in Jurassic Park. See fossils, claws, and evidence of its size, speed, and hunting skills.

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