Thursday, December 20, 2018

Utahraptor Specimen Sizes.

Utahraptor:
Name: Utahraptor ostrommaysorum.
Period: Barremian of the early Cretaceous period, 129-125 million years ago.
Place: North America.
Length: 17-18 feet (5.2-5.6 meters).
Weight: 1 ton.

Specimens:
1. CEU 184v.86 (Holotype):
Length: 17 feet (5.2 meters).
Pedal Ungual II: 24 cm (Completed).

2. BYU 15465:
Length: 18 feet (5.6 meters).
Femur: 60 cm.

3. Unnamed Specimen with a 56.5-cm Femur:
Length: 17 feet (5.3 meters).
Femur: 56.5 cm.

Links:
Size:
https://psdinosaurs.blogspot.com/2018/12/utahraptor-facts.html
https://psdinosaurs.blogspot.com/2018/10/calculations-for-largest-theropods.html
Weight:
Asher Elbein (2017):
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/28/science/utah-paleontologists-turn-to-crowdfunding-for-raptor-project.html
Time:
International Chronostratigraphic Chart (2019 Version):
http://stratigraphy.org/ICSchart/ChronostratChart2019-05.jpg
Link 2:
http://stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale