Name:
Overoraptor
(piebald thief).
Phonetic: O-ve-ro-rap-tor.
Named By: Mat�as J. Motta, Federico L.
Agnol�n, Federico Briss�n 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. - Mat�as J. Motta,
Federico L. Agnol�n, Federico Briss�n Egli & Fernando
E. Novas - 2020.
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