During the Early Jurassic period, approximately 165 -180 million years ago central Patagonia was inhabited by Condorraptor currumili, a 5-metre long theropod dinosaur.
Condorraptor, along with the majority of large theropods are all part of a group, which includes all theropods more closely related to modern birds than to the primitive theropods of the late Triassic period.
Facts
Period | Jurassic (Callovian stage) |
Age | approx. 165 – 180 million years old |
Height | 1.5 metres at the hips |
Length | 5 metres |
Weight | roughly 200 – 300 kgs |
Discovered at | Canadón Asfalto Formation, Chubut, Argentina. |
Discovered by | Oliver Rauhut et al (holotype MEF) |