Tracks of a huge Hollywood Raptor found in China

[shunyadragon]

Source: https://abcnews.go.com/International/large-fossil-footprints-point-discovery-new-megaraptor-dinosaur/story?id=109617154

Large fossil footprints point to discovery of new 'megaraptor' dinosaur: Study


The new dinosaur is believed to be a relative of the well-known velociraptor.

ByMary Kekatos
April 26, 2024, 12:16 PM NaN:NaN

New fossil footprints suggest large relative of well-known velociraptor

"Our animal is on par with the way raptors are depicted by Hollywood," said paleontologist Dr. Sc...Show More
Although the velociraptors of "Jurassic Park" fame are well known, they don't much resemble their historical counterparts.

The movie velociraptors are portrayed as being 6 feet tall with scaly skin and incredibly fast, but real velociraptors were about as big as a medium-sized dog, measuring approximately 1.6 feet high and between 4.8 and 6.8 feet across, scientists say. They also moved slower and may have been feathered.

However, scientists believe they may have discovered a relative of the velociraptor that was two to three times larger-- a "megaraptor" -- which is closer in size to the film depiction, according to a new study published this week.

"When [Steven] Spielberg made 'Jurassic Park', he blew up the velociraptors to make them scary. Real velociraptors are -- say -- about the size of coyotes," Dr. W. Scott Persons, a paleontologist at the College of Charleston and curator of the Mace Brown Museum of Natural History and one of the study's authors, told ABC News. "Yes, our animal is on par with the way raptors are depicted by Hollywood."

A large group of dinosaur tracks, about 240, were discovered in winter 2020 on the outskirts of Longyan in the Fujian province, in southeastern China, according to the study published Wednesday in the journal iScience published by Elsevier.

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[rogue06]

Not exactly a surprise given that we know that raptors came in a wide range of sizes, including ones that would dwarf this one.

[shunyadragon]

Not exactly a surprise given that we know that raptors came in a wide range of sizes, including ones that would dwarf this one.

Reference?

[rogue06]

Reference?

[shunyadragon]

The following reference goes into more detail comparing the sizes of the different raptors.

Source: [URL="https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(24)00820-4?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2589004224008204%3Fshowall%3Dtrue"

https://www.cell.com/iscience/fullte...showall%3Dtrue[/URL]]

Standing an estimated 1.8 m at the hip, Fujianipus is among the largest known raptors

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[shunyadragon]

Your illustration lacks the feathers. Nonetheless the Utah Rapter is comparable in size with the Fujianipus but somewhat smaller as depicted when measuring from the hip.