Valdoraptor
| Valdoraptor Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
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| Holotype left metatarsus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | †Ornithomimosauria |
| Genus: | †Valdoraptor Olshevsky, 1991 |
| Type species | |
| †Valdoraptor oweni (Lydekker, 1889)
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Valdoraptor (meaning "Wealden plunderer") is a genus of ornithomimosaurian theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of England. It is known only from bones of the feet. The holotype, BMNH R2559 (incorrectly given by Owen as BMNH R2556), was found near Cuckfield in layers of the Tunbridge Wells Sand Formation dating from the late Valanginian. The specimen is damaged, lacking parts of the upper and lower ends. It has a conserved length of 21.5 centimetres (8.5 in) and an estimated total length of 24 centimetres (9.4 in). This genus is paleontologically significant for being the first ornithomimosaur specimen known from England and represents the earliest record of ornithomimosaurs.