Luanchuanraptor
loo-AHN-chwan-RAP-tor /luˌɑːntʃwænˈræptɔːr/
Accepted genus
Luanchuan robber
- Luanchuan · Chinese (place name) · Luanchuan County, Henan Province, China
- raptor · Latin · robber, plunderer
The name combines Luanchuan, the county in Henan Province, China, where the fossil was found, with the Latin word for "robber" or "plunderer". It marks the find spot and the animal's predatory, raptor-like dromaeosaurid lifestyle. The type species is L. henanensis.
- Named by
- Lü et al.
- Year named
- 2007
- Period
- Late Cretaceous
- Found in
- Luanchuan County, Henan Province, China
A small dromaeosaurid theropod known from fragmentary remains. The exact age and formation details are not given here because I am not certain of them.