Utahraptor ostrommaysi Scale:1:20 where it moved on foot

where it moved on foot to forage for fallen fruit

The genus was described in 2011 from the holotype specimen MUSM 1465

and anatomical armament differentiate it from the classic image of the small and fast "raptor

such as conifers

Utahraptor ostrommaysi Scale:1:20 where it moved on footUtahraptor ostrommaysi was one of the largest known dromaeosaurids and one of the most representative predators of the Early Cretaceous of North America. Its remains come from the Cedar Mountain Formation in eastern Utah, especially from the Yellow Cat Member, in deposits associated with continental environments of floodplains, river channels, and semi arid ecosystems with seasonal wetlands. Formally described by Kirkland, Gaston, and Burge in 1993,