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Dakotaraptor is an extinct genus of large dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur that lived in North America during the Late Cretaceous period around 66 million years ago. Fossil remains have been found in the Maastrichtian stage of the Hell Creek Formation, indicating that Dakotaraptor was one of the last surviving dromaeosaurids. It was built more for running long distances like a wolf or cheetah compared to it's relative the Utahraptor. It lived alongside Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops, Ankylosaurus, Edmontosaurus, Pachycephalosaurus, Quetzalcoatlus, and Mosasaurus. Due to it's rarely in the Formantion it's been given the nickname The Ghost of the Forest.

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Jurassic World: Alive[]

see Dakotaraptor/JW: A

Dakotaraptor is featured in the game Jurassic World: Alive. In the game it is depicted being covered in a coat of jet black feathers including wings, a tail fan and a feathered crest on the back of it's head. You can combine it with Gorgonops to make Dakotanops.

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  • Out of all real dromaeosaurs, Dakotaraptor is most similar in size to the Velociraptors from the movies, which are ostensibly based on Deinonychus but are twice as large.
  • Dakotaraptor is a controversial dinosaur because its type specimen also contained fossils from other animals, meaning it was what scientists call a chimera. This may mean that Dakotaraptor will be declared an invalid name at some point in the future.

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