#orkoraptor

[foreyarning]

Various ornithischian-focused paleoart from November 2022.

[roygattero]

Orkoraptor burkei

Reference: Christopher Chavez (https://www.artstation.com/khriskath)

Vector illustration, 2023.

[roygattero]

Orkoraptor burkei (2nd take, I corrected the neck posture and some other details)

Reference: Christopher Chavez (https://www.artstation.com/khriskath)

Vector illustration, 2023.

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

Orkoraptor burkei

Source: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Orkoraptor_drawing.jpg

Name: Orkoraptor burkei 

Name Meaning: Toothed River Thief

First Described: 2008

Described By: Novas, Ezcurra & Lecuona 

Classification: Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Neotheropoda, Averostra, Tetanurae, Orionides, Avetheropoda, Coelurosauria, Tyrannoraptora, Tyrannosauroidea, Megaraptora

Orkoraptor is yet another megaraptor from Argentina, found in the Pari Aike Formation of Southern Patagonia. It lived in the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous, from about 70 to 66 million years ago. It had very specialized teeth, resembling those of maniraptors like deinonychosaurs and ornithomimiforms. This lead to it being suggested as a coelurosaur, which was then rejected in favor of it being described as a carnosaur. However, the authors who described it have been vindicated in that it is now reclassified as a tyrannosauroid. It was one of the southernmost carnivores known in South America. It might have been restricted there due to the carcharodontids and abilsaurids in the north. 

Sources: 

http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/o/orkoraptor.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orkoraptor

Shout out goes to: idunno-lol