Pronunciation: PAM-pah-RAP-tuhr
Meaning: Pampa plunderer
Author/s: Porfiri et al. (2011)
Synonyms: None known
First Discovery: Neuquén Province, Argentina
Discovery Chart Position: #756
Pamparaptor micros
(Small Pampa Plunderer)Etymology
Pamparaptor is derived from "Pampa" (in honour of the Indian Pampas that
lived in the central plain of Argentina) and the Latin "raptor" (plunderer, robber, snatcher or thief).
The species epithet, micros, means "small" in Latin.
Discovery
The remains of Pamparaptor were discovered in the Portezuelo Formation (Río Neuquén Subgroup, Neuquén Group) at Baal Quarry, on the north coast of Barreales Lake, Neuquén province, Patagonia, Argentina, by Diego Rosales, a technician for the Lake Barreales Paleontological Center (CePaLB) at the National University of Comahue, in 2005.
The holotype (MUCPv-1163) is a mostly complete and fully articulated left foot, including the characteristic deinonychosaurian second toe "killing claw".
Preparators
The Centro Paleontológico Lago Barreales team.
