Meaning

Robber from Utah

Pronunciation

YOO-tah-RAP-tor

Found in 

North America

Anatomy

Lager eyes, long grasping hands and powerfully clawed feet. 

Wickedly hooked slashing claw on each foot 

The toe joint is specially enlarged so that its massive claw could be raised up ward and backward to avoid damage while running. 

Length

Up to 6.5 meters long

Height

Up to 2 meters high

Weight (mass)

up to almost a tonne

Locomotion

bipedal

Food preference

Carnivore

Time period

Crectaceous(112-110 million years)

Type of hip

lizard hipped

Dinosaur group

Dromaeosaur –“swift lizards”

Remains

Well-preserved skeleton in Utah and fragmentary remains form South America.