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Bambiraptor
Bambiraptor was a carnivore (meat-eater) that lived in North America during
the late Cretaceous period,
about 75 million years ago.
Bambiraptor was very small for a dinosaur. It was probably only about 2¼ feet (0.7 meters) long, stood
perhaps only 1 foot (0.3 meters) above the ground, and weighed something in the region of 4½ pounds (2 kilograms).
However, it is possible that the fossils
so far found are from a juvenile animal, and it could have been somewhat larger than these figures./
Bambiraptor is believed to have feed on small mammals and lizards. Its hands could probably reach its mouth,
and it may have grabbed its prey and brought them to its mouth in this way.
Generally speaking, it was a very bird-like animal, and was probably covered in feathers. It also
had a well-developed wishbone, and a relatively large brain (the largest known for any dinosaur as
compared to its body size) - it may have been as smart as some modern birds. There is also
some speculation that it may have led an arboreal (living in trees) lifestyle.
The first Bambiraptor fossils
were discovered in
Montana in
1995,
by Wes Linster, who was then only 14 years old. This specimen is today located in the
American Museum of Natural History in
New York.
Bambiraptor was a carnivore (meat-eater) that lived about 75 million years ago
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Bambiraptor Facts
Here is a summary of some of the key facts about Bambiraptor:
- Bambiraptor was a genus of dinosaur.
- "Bambiraptor" means "Bambi thief" ("Bambi" refers to the Disney character).
- Bambiraptor was a member of the Saurischia ("lizard-hipped") order of dinosaurs. What this means, is that although Bambiraptor was not closely related to lizards, it did have similarly shaped pelvic bones.
- Bambiraptor was a Theropod - a member of a group of related bipedal dinosaurs that included the ancestors of birds (although Bambiraptor was not itself an ancestor of birds).
- Bambiraptor lived about 75 million years ago, during the late Cretaceous period.
- Bambiraptor lived in North America.
- Bambiraptor was a carnivore (meat-eater).
- Bambiraptor was about 6 feet (1.8 meters) long, and about 3 feet (0.9 meters) tall.
- Bambiraptor weighed about 7 tons.
- Bambiraptor was very bird-like, had a well-developed wishbone and was probably covered in feathers.
- Bambiraptor had the largest brain for its size of any dinosaur known (although this may be in part because juvenile animals have so far been found), and might have been as smart as some modern birds.
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Toward the end of the Age of Dinosaurs, some of the meat eating dinosaurs became birdlike. They were covered in feathers. Learn how these dinosaurs lived and compare them to modern day animals. |
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Meat-eating theropod dinosaurs have been recognized as potential ancestors of birds since the 19th century, but it was not until the 1960s that work on Deinonychus revealed the startling similarities between dinosaurs and birds. With each new small theropod find the ties became stronger, until the discovery of Sinosauropteryx—a dinosaur with feathers! Though not all scientists accept the concept of birds' being phylogenetically nested within the Dinosauria, others are now focusing on the evolution of feathers and avian flight. This book presents 15 new pieces of research, including the first detailed description of Bambiraptor, a remarkable new specimen from Montana. Contributors are Robert T. Bakker, David Burnham, Sankar Chatterjee, Luis M. Chiappe, James M. Clark, Philip J. Currie, Stephen J. Godfrey, Gerald Grellet-Turner, Thomas P. Hopp, Frankie K. Jackson, Peter J. Makovicky, Mark A. Norell, Fernando E. Novas, Mark J. Orsen, Gregory J. Retallack, Dale A. Russell, R. J. Templin, David J. Varricchio, Peter Wellnhofer, and Joanna L. Wright. |
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Dinosaurs of the Air: The Evolution and Loss of Flight in Dinosaurs and Birds presents the most recent work of renowned evolutionary scientist and dinosaur illustrator Gregory Paul. Dinosaurs of the Air synthesizes the growing body of evidence which suggests that modern-day birds have evolved from theropod dinosaurs of prehistoric times. Paul argues provocatively for the idea that the ancestor-descendant relationship between the dinosaurs and birds can on occasion be reversed, and that many dinosaurs were secondarily flightless descendants of creatures we would regard as birds. Controversial and comprehensive, Dinosaurs of the Air also offers new, firsthand interpretations of major fossils; a balanced, rewarding discussion of the ways we think flight may have evolved (comparing "ground up" and "trees down" scenarios); a close look at the famous urvogel Archaeopteryx, discussing what it can and cannot tell us about bird origins; and in-depth analyses of bird and theropod phylogenetics. Full of rich detail for the specialist but accessible to the intelligent lay reader, the book includes the author's own stunning illustrations and a technical appendix which provides information, for example, on body mass/wing dimension relationships and avian/dinosaurian metabolics. |
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Kyle age 14, his sister Teresa, age 12 and another girl, Sonja find themselves in a world that existed 65 million years ago just as the comet that caused the dinosaurs' extinction is about to hit. A bizarre device is the invention of the children’s fathers, scientists, who are unaware their children accidentally stepped into the time capsule as it was in the process of being transported. The children find a dinosaur called a Bambiraptor—a cross between a reptile and bird (it really existed!). It becomes their pet. The children narrowly escape the comet's fiery aftermath—thanks to a shoestring! |
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