Omnisaura
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Dinosaur genus

Bambiraptor

Burnham et al. 2000

Bambiraptor is a dinosaur genus known from bones, found in rocks 83.6–72.2 million years old.

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At a glance

Data as of 12 October 2026
83.6–72.2 Ma (published)
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
252 million years ago20114366

The last non-bird dinosaurs died out 66 million years ago. That's as far from us as the end of this bar.

Named by
Burnham et al. 2000
mediummedium: Only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it.
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.

Described in
D. A. Burnham, K. L. Derstler, P. J. Currie, R. T. Bakker, Z. Zhou, J. H. Ostrom (2000). Remarkable new birdlike dinosaur (Theropoda: Maniraptora) from the Upper Cretaceous of Montana. University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions 13: 1–14.
mediummedium: Only PBDB gives this; its author and year match the naming authority (Burnham et al. 2000).
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. The publication the Paleobiology Database gives as the authority for this genus name, usually the one that first named and described it.

Lived
Campanian, 83.6–72.2 million years ago
mediummedium: Only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it.
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.

Family
Dromaeosauridae
mediummedium: Only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it.
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.

Parent group
Dromaeosauridae
mediummedium: Only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it.
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.

Named after
Bambi
mediummedium: Only Wikidata gives this; nothing contradicts it.
Sources

Given by: Wikidata. How it was chosen: Wikidata leads.

Known from
Bones
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database (what the name was based on).

Sources: Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0), Wikidata (CC0 1.0)Confidence levels and gaps are Omnisaura's own assessment.

Gaps are answers

What isn't known yet

  • Type species: no source we use gives it yet.
  • Order: no source we use gives it yet.
  • Age (confirmed evidence): no source we use gives it yet.
  • Countries: no source we use gives it yet.
  • Formations: no source we use gives it yet.
  • Common names: no source we use gives it yet.
  • Held back: 1 fossil record left out: identified only tentatively (for example "cf." or "?").
  • Resting on one source: 5 facts come from a single source with nothing against them (rated medium): authority (PBDB); parent group (PBDB); family (PBDB); age (headline) (PBDB); named after (Wikidata).

Size, diet and behaviour aren't covered yet. Omnisaura leaves them out rather than guess.

Where sources disagree

None open. Where our sources overlap, they agree on everything shown here.

Did it meet…?

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Can't tell. One of them has no fossil age recorded.

Going by the ages and rock formations of their dated fossils, as on the map. Compare their fossil sites on the map.

Lived alongside

Genera found in the same rock formations, from rocks of the same age.

None in Omnisaura yet.

Same family

Other genera in Dromaeosauridae with a full profile.

AcheroraptorAchillobatorAdasaurusAtrociraptorAustroraptorBalaurBoreonykusBuitreraptorChangyuraptorDakotaraptorDeinonychusDromaeosaurusHesperonychusItemirusMicroraptorNeuquenraptorand 14 more

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