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| Tachiraptor Temporal range: Early Jurassic, Hettangian
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| IVIC-P-2687, the holotype right tibia, and IVIC-P-2868, the referred left ischium | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Neotheropoda |
| Genus: | †Tachiraptor Langer, Rincón, Ramezani, Solórzano, & Rauhut, 2014 |
| Species: | †T. admirabilis
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| †Tachiraptor admirabilis Langer, Rincón, Ramezani, Solórzano, & Rauhut, 2014
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Tachiraptor ("thief of Táchira") is a genus of carnivorous theropod dinosaurs found in the early Jurassic period La Quinta Formation of Venezuela. It includes one species, Tachiraptor admirabilis, described from a fossilized tibia and ischium. They were small bipedal dinosaurs, with a deduced total body length of just over 1.5 m (4.9 ft).[1] They were likely generalist predators, preying on smaller vertebrates like other dinosaurs or lizards.[2][3]
- ^ Langer, Max C.; Rincón, Ascanio D.; Ramezani, Jahandar; Solórzano, Andrés; Rauhut, Oliver W.M. (8 October 2014). "New dinosaur (Theropoda, stem-Averostra) from the earliest Jurassic of the La Quinta formation, Venezuelan Andes". Royal Society Open Science. 1 (2). Royal Society: 140–184. Bibcode:2014RSOS....140184L. doi:10.1098/rsos.140184. PMC 4448901. PMID 26064540.
- ^ Hannah Osborne (9 October 2014). "Dinosaur Species Discovered: Tachiraptor admirabilis was T-Rex's Tiny Ancestor from Venezuela". International Business Times. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ Charles Q. Choi (7 October 2014). "Newfound South American Predator Snacked on Little Dinosaurs". LiveScience. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
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