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Dinosaur: Megaraptor

 
Megaraptor means:
"huge robber"

Description:
The Megaraptor was a large, meat-eating dinosaur with long, sickle-shaped claw on each foot. 

Intelligence:
Very intelligent; one of the most intelligent dinosaurs.

 The Megaraptor lived during the Cretaceous period, about 90-84 million years ago.

 
Where was it found? 
Northwest Patagonia

When did it live?
Cretaceous period (90-84 million years ago)
 

 
 
Diet:
Megaraptors were carnivores.  They ate other dinosaurs

Behavior :
Very aggressive hunter. 
Locomotion:
Megaraptor walked on two slender, bird-like legs; it must have been a fast runner, considering its leg length and light weight. When it ran, it rotated its huge middle-toe-claw upwards and ran on the other toes. 

 

megaraptor.Available [online] http://www.jpinstitute.com/dinopedia/dinocards/dc_megar.html. April 15,2003

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