Dinosaur Profile: Utahraptor

Utahraptor
Utahraptor was a predatory dinosaur that lived in Utah, about 120 million years ago. Fossils of the dinosaur are found in the Cedar Mountain Formation. The name means "Utah Predator". It was the biggest dromeosaur ever discovered. It weighed from 1,000 to 2,000 pounds. Found in 1993, this predator was named after John Ostrom. 
It's claw was almost a foot long. It used it for hunting and slashing into a dinosaur's skin. It was the dinosaur equivalent of a Saber-toothed Cat. It ate dinosaurs like Iguanodon, Astrodon, and Gastonia.


Ok, here is Jim Kirkland with his video:

 Utahraptor was also depicted in video games. The most accurate reconstruction was probably in Primal Carnage. 

Okay, that is it for our dinosaur profile. Hope you enjoyed it.

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