Name: "
Achilles hero"
Species:Achillobator giganticus
Family: Dromaeosauridae
Order/Suborder: Saurischia/
Theropoda
Time: late
Cretaceous; 85 mya
Location: East Asia (
Burkhant,
Mongolia)
Diet: carnivore
Discovered: 1999, by
Perle, Norell & Clark
Length: 17 ft. (5m)
Height: 7 ft. (2 m) at the hip
Weight: unknown
Achillobator was a giant 'raptor' dinosaur that lived in Asia, and this fact has caused many scientists to rethink prevailing opinions about the 'raptor' family in Asia. It is believed to have been quite similar to North American relatives, such as Utahraptor, and was one of the most ferocious and vicious predators of its time.