Venetoraptor

Venetoraptor
Temporal range: Late Triassic
Reconstructed skeleton and photographs of the holotype
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: †Pterosauromorpha
Family: †Lagerpetidae
Genus: †Venetoraptor
Müller et al., 2023
Species:
†V. gassenae
Binomial name
†Venetoraptor gassenae
Müller et al., 2023

Venetoraptor (meaning "Vale Vêneto plunderer") is an extinct genus of lagerpetid archosaurs from the Late Triassic Santa Maria Formation (Paraná Basin) of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The genus contains a single species, V. gassenae, known from a partial skeleton. Venetoraptor is characterized by the presence of a beak and scythe-like claws on long fingers.

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