Utahraptor
U-tah-rap-torName meaning: Utahs thief
Time Period: Barremian (Early Cretaceous) 139–134.6 Mya
Locations: Utah Cedar Mountain Formation
Taxonomy: Theropoda-Dromaeosauridae-Eudromaeosauria-Dromaeosaurinae
Subspecies: U. strommaysi
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Utahraptor is the largest Dromaeosaurid or “raptor” known. Being around 20-23 feet long and weighing around 1,100 pounds. Utahraptor was more heavily built than other dromaeosaurs using its size to overpower larger herbivores rather than rely on speed to chase after smaller ones. There is no direct evidence of Pack hunting in Utahraptor; they are large enough to easily hunt prey independently. Utahraptors Maxila curved downwards causing its foremost teeth to protrude forwards giving it gnarly looking teeth like Maiasiakasaurus. Utahraptors killing claw in life would have been 24 cm long, for reference a tigers claws are around 10 cm and the largest kodiak bears claws are 15 cm.
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Jurassic World Evolution 2 Featured in the Cretaceous Predator pack alongside Tarbosaurus Concavenator and Gigantoraptor. Utahraptor is one of, if not the most impressive species in this game, It’s very scientifically rigorous design and it’s accurate to what we would presume a Utahraptor would look like. Utahraptor is probably the most popular frontier design as it was deliberately revealed early to build hype for Jurassic World Evolution 3
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