This Megaraptor has a red hide striped and splotched with white and black. Good detailing in the skull, mouth, arms and legs. In a living pose, articulated jaw.
Haolonggood Megaraptor Jing zhu measures:
6" L x 3" H x 1.2" W
Haolonggood has brought us a sleek little therapod, the Megaraptor. With a reddish hide striped and splotched with white and black. Good detailing in the skull, mouth, arms and legs. In a living pose, legs in motion. Articulating jaw that opens and closes mouth.
The Megaraptor is a genus of large theropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, approximately 89 to 85 million years ago. It was first discovered in Argentina in 1997 by paleontologist Fernando Novas. Megaraptor belonged to the group of theropods known as Megaraptoridae, which are characterized by their large size, long arms with sharp claws, and elongated snouts.
One of the distinctive features of Megaraptor is its unusually large, sickle-shaped claws on its hands, which were initially mistaken for those of a giant dromaeosaurid like Velociraptor. However, subsequent analysis revealed that Megaraptor was more closely related to the Allosauridae family.
Megaraptor was estimated to have been around 8 to 9 meters (26 to 30 feet) in length and weighed approximately 1 ton. It likely had a carnivorous diet and may have been an apex predator in its ecosystem. However, much about its behavior, habitat, and biology remains speculative due to the limited fossil evidence available.
The genus name "Megaraptor" translates to "giant thief," reflecting its presumed predatory nature and large size. Since its initial discovery, several additional specimens and related species have been discovered, contributing to our understanding of this enigmatic dinosaur.
Hand Painted.
Product Code: #070
by Haolonggood
15+ years
Small Parts. Not for children under 3 years.
