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🦖 A small dinosaur 🦖 An extinct genus
Eoraptor

Eoraptor

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A small, lightly built dinosaur that walked on two legs in the Late Triassic
  • noun
  • /ˈiːəˌræptər/
  • Specialized
: Eoraptor
  • The Eoraptor was a swift, bipedal predator that inhabited South America around 230 million years ago.

Examples

  • Paleontologists consider Eoraptor to be one of the earliest known theropod dinosaurs.

  • Did you know that the Eoraptor lived during the Late Triassic period?

  • Fossils of the Eoraptor have provided valuable insights into early dinosaur evolution.

  • The Eoraptor is one of the earliest known dinosaurs.

  • Fossils of the Eoraptor have provided valuable insights into early dinosaur evolution.

  • Paleontologists consider Eoraptor to be one of the earliest known theropod dinosaurs.

  • The Eoraptor was a swift, bipedal predator that inhabited South America around 230 million years ago.

Surface Forms

Eoraptor singular
Eoraptors plural

Morphology

Eoraptor = raptor (semi-transparent) = eo + raptor

The element 'raptor' is recognizable to learners, but 'eo-' is a specialized scientific combining form meaning 'dawn/early' and may be unfamiliar to average learners.

Etymology

Eoraptor comes from Eo- 'dawn' and -raptor 'thief', which you can think of as a hunter, so the name means a 'dawn hunter' and fits this small, early meat-eating dinosaur from the very start of dinosaur history.