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| a Tachiraptor flocks into a herd of Laquintasaurus |
Type Species: Tachiraptor admirabilis
Classification: Dinosauria - Saurischia – Theropoda - Neotheropoda
Time Period: Early Jurassic
Location: Venezuela
Diet: Carnivore
The painting above depicts a scene from Early Jurassic Venezuela that was uncovered in fossilized remains during the construction of a highway. When paleontologists descended upon the unearthed bones of a small plant eating dinosaur about three feet long, they found small theropod teeth nearby. The herbivore was named Laquintasaura, and later that year, theropod bones – a tibia and ischium – were found nearby. These were attributed to a new theropod dubbed Tachiraptor. Though little is known about Laquintasaura or its predator Tachiraptor, it’s been deduced that Tachiraptor was a small theropod that reached just over five feet in length. Because of their size, it’s theorized they preyed on smaller dinosaurs – such as the unlucky Laquintasaura – and on early lizards and mammals.
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