Rapator

Rapator; Temporal range: Middle Cenomanian,
	Holotype metacarpal
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	Saurischia
Clade:	Theropoda
Clade:	†Megaraptora
Genus:	†Rapator; von Huene, 1932
Type species
	†Rapator ornitholestoides; von Huene, 1932
Synonyms
	Walgettosuchus? von Huene, 1932;

Rapator is a genus of theropod dinosaur from the Griman Creek Formation of New South Wales, Australia, dating to the Cenomanian age^[1] of the Cretaceous period.^[2] It contains only the type species, Rapator ornitholestoides, which was originally named by Friedrich von Huene in 1932.^[3]

^ Poropat, Stephen F.; Bell, Phil R.; Hart, Lachlan J.; Salisbury, Steven W.; Kear, Benjamin P. (2023-04-03). "An annotated checklist of Australian Mesozoic tetrapods". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 47 (2): 129–205. Bibcode:2023Alch...47..129P. doi:10.1080/03115518.2023.2228367. ISSN 0311-5518.
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^ Huene, F. von. (1932). Die fossile Reptil-Ordnung Saurischia, ihre Entwicklung und Geschichte. Monogr. Geol. Pal. 4 (1) pts. 1 and 2, viii + 361 pp.