Geminiraptor
JEM-in-ee-RAP-tor /ˌdʒɛmɪniˈræptɔr/
Accepted genus
twin plunderer
- gemini · Latin · twins
- raptor · Latin · plunderer, robber
The name combines the Latin "gemini" (twins) with "raptor" (plunderer or robber). It refers to the twin sisters Celina and Marina Suarez, who found the fossils. The species name suarezarum honours the same sisters.
- Period
- Early Cretaceous
- Found in
- Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah, USA
A small feathered theropod, usually regarded as a basal paravian or troodontid-like relative. The type species is Geminiraptor suarezarum. I am not certain of the authorship, year or exact stage, so I have left those fields blank.