| Pneumatoraptor | |
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| Holotype leftscapulocoracoid | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Paraves |
| Genus: | †Pneumatoraptor Ősi, Apesteguía & Kowalewski,2010 |
| Species: | †P. fodori |
| Binomial name | |
| †Pneumatoraptor fodori Ősi, Apesteguía & Kowalewski, 2010 | |
Pneumatoraptor is agenus of smallparavian, possibly adromaeosaurid,[1]dinosaur that lived inHungary. It is known from a single complete left shoulder girdle (scapulocoracoid) found in theCsehbánya Formation of the Iharkút locality in theBakony Mountains of western Hungary. This formation dates to the lateCretaceous period (Santonian age) about 85 million years ago.[2]
Thetype species isPneumatoraptor fodori, named for Géza Fodor, who provided funding for the dig. The genus namePneumatoraptor, which means "air thief",[3] refers to the pneumaticity of the bone, the hollow spaces that would have been filled with air sacs in life. Theholotype specimen is identified by the catalog numberMTM V.2008.38.1. and housed at theHungarian Natural History Museum inBudapest.[2]
Pneumatoraptor differs from othertheropods in having a narrow shoulder blade that is nearly circular in cross section, as well as having a large opening in the bone to house a hollow air sac cavity. The bone is small, indicating that the animal was about three times smaller thanVelociraptor. The shoulder girdle is L-shaped, showing it to be a member of the groupParaves, which also includes thedromaeosaurids,troodontids, andbirds. While thePneumatoraptor remains are too incomplete to tell which, if any, of these specific groups it belongs to, many of the features of the bones are similar to dromaeosaurids.[2]
Other paravian remains from the same formation may belong toPneumatoraptor. These include isolated teeth, claws, tail vertebrae, and a partial lower leg bone (tibia).[2]
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