Overoraptor

piebald plunderer

• overo · Spanish · piebald, patchy-coated (as of a horse)
• raptor · Latin · plunderer, robber

The name combines the Spanish word "overo", used for a piebald or patchy-coated horse, with the Latin "raptor", meaning plunderer or robber. "Overo" alludes to the animal's mosaic of features, which mix traits seen in different groups of paravian dinosaurs. The type species, O. chimentoi, honours Nestor Chimento, who was connected with the discovery.

Named by

Motta et al.

Year named

2020

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Cenomanian

Found in

Candeleros Formation, Patagonia, Argentina

A small paravian theropod, generally placed among the unenlagiine dromaeosaurids (some analyses place it differently within Paraves). Known from a partial skeleton. The exact formation and stage are given from memory and should be checked against the original description.