A new dromaeosaurid theropod from the Upper Cretaceous of southern France
www.researchgate.net
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VERIFY:geological_stage: stored=campanian suggested=maastrichtian confidence=medium — The literature places the Pyroraptor holotype at La Boucharde (Provence) in the late Campanian–early Maastrichtian, with the commonly cited age of roughly 70.6 Ma falling in the Maastrichtian; the stored range of 72.1–70 Ma lies entirely above the Campanian–Maastrichtian boundary, so labelling the stage 'campanian' conflicts with both the sources and the stored dates.
Åpne kilde ↗PBDB Taxon: Pyroraptor olympius Allain and Taquet 2000
The Paleobiology Database
Sjekket: 6.9.2026
Paleobiology Database taxon page giving the full classification of Pyroraptor olympius within Theropoda, Maniraptora and Dromaeosauridae, with the history of its subsequent taxonomic assignments.
Åpne kilde ↗Island life in the Cretaceous - faunal composition, biogeography, evolution, and extinction of land-living vertebrates on the Late Cretaceous European archipelago
ZooKeys (Pensoft)
Sjekket: 6.9.2026
Monographic review documenting the geographic and stratigraphic distribution of Late Cretaceous continental vertebrates of the European archipelago, including the southern French (Provence) dromaeosaurid record of Pyroraptor.
Åpne kilde ↗Integrated Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction and Taphonomy of a Unique Upper Cretaceous Vertebrate-Bearing Locality (Velaux, Southeastern France)
PLOS ONE
Sjekket: 6.9.2026
Detailed reconstruction of the Campanian floodplain, channel and coastal-lagoonal palaeoenvironment of the Bouches-du-Rhône (Provence) dinosaur-bearing beds in which Pyroraptor lived.
Åpne kilde ↗Puncture-and-Pull Biomechanics in the Teeth of Predatory Coelurosaurian Dinosaurs
Current Biology (Cell Press)
Sjekket: 6.9.2026
Tooth microwear and finite-element study of Campanian–Maastrichtian theropod teeth, including material referred to cf. Pyroraptor olympius, demonstrating a carnivorous puncture-and-pull feeding mode.
Åpne kilde ↗Magnetostratigraphy of the Maastrichtian continental record in the Upper Aude Valley (northern Pyrenees, France): Placing age constraints on the succession of dinosaur-bearing sites
Cretaceous Research (Elsevier)
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Extinct taxon; conservation status NE
Åpne kilde ↗A New Genus of Dromaeosauridae (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of France
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
Sjekket: 6.9.2026
Original peer-reviewed description by Allain and Taquet (2000) naming Pyroraptor olympius on material from La Boucharde, Bouches-du-Rhône, and describing its anatomy, age and affinities.
Åpne kilde ↗A New Genus of Dromaeosauridae (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of France
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
Sjekket: 6.9.2026
Original peer-reviewed description by Allain and Taquet (2000) naming Pyroraptor olympius on material from La Boucharde, Bouches-du-Rhône, and describing its anatomy, age and affinities.
Åpne kilde ↗A New Genus of Dromaeosauridae (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of France
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
Sjekket: 6.9.2026
Original peer-reviewed description by Allain and Taquet (2000) naming Pyroraptor olympius on material from La Boucharde, Bouches-du-Rhône, and describing its anatomy, age and affinities.
Åpne kilde ↗A New Genus of Dromaeosauridae (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of France
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
Sjekket: 6.9.2026
Original peer-reviewed description by Allain and Taquet (2000) naming Pyroraptor olympius on material from La Boucharde, Bouches-du-Rhône, and describing its anatomy, age and affinities.
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