Santanaraptor
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?Santanaraptor Conservation status: Fossil |
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Santanaraptor placidus Kellner, 1999 |
Santanaraptor is the name given to a genus of theropod that lived in the mid-Cretaceous period 108 mya. This carnivore was around 6.5 feet tall. Its fossils were found in Brazil.
The type species is S. placidus, first described by Kellner in 1999.