Utahraptor

Utahraptor Facts

Name Means	"Robber from Utah"
Type	Predator dinosaur
Lived When	Early Cretaceous (144-99 million years ago)
Weight	Up to 2 tons
Height	16-20 feet tall at head
Length	Up to 16-23 feet
Weapons	Huge jaws with saw-edged teeth teeth, sickle-shaped claws on back feet, and sharp hand claws on the front feet
Diet	Meat, especially plant-eating dinosaurs
Habitat	All known Utahraptor fossils have been found in and near Arches National Park in Utah, which would have been highly wooded at the time
Interesting Utahraptor Facts	Utahraptor's huge head had the largest brain for its size of any known dinosaur. This was one smart dinosaur! Utahraptor probably used his three long claws on his front feet to keep hold of his prey, and to make slashing wounds in it! Utahraptor was a fast sprinter, running on his strong back legs.

Like other raptors, Utahraptor had a huge sickle claw
on the second toe of his back feet. These could do
some real damage to his prey!

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