page_title: Pyroraptor
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Pyroraptor / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Size comparison between the dinosaur Pyroraptor olympius and a human. Size of Pyroraptor is based on the holotype fossil.
context_page_description: Pyroraptor is a genus of dromaeosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of what is now southern France and northern Spain, it lived during the late Campanian and early Maastrichtian stages, approximately 70.6 million years ago. It is known from a single partial specimen that was found in Provence in 1992. The animal was named Pyroraptor olympius by Allain and Taquet in 2000.
context_section_description: Pyroraptor was a dromaeosaurid, a small, bird-like predatory theropod that possessed enlarged curved claws on the second toe of each foot. In Pyroraptor, these claws were 6.5 centimeters (2.5 in) long. As in other dromaeosaurids, these claws might have been used as weapons or as climbing aids. Its two known teeth are flattened and curved backwards, with their rear margins having finer serrations than at the front.
  As a dromaeosaurid, Pyroraptor likely had well-developed forelimbs with curved claws, and probably balanced the body with a long, thin tail. Pyroraptor was also likely covered in feathers, as many of its relatives, like Microraptor and Sinornithosaurus, also had plumage.
caption: Estimated size compared to human
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