Imperobator

Imperobator; Temporal range: Maastrichtian; ~71 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	Reconstructed left hind limb
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	Saurischia
Clade:	Theropoda
Clade:	Paraves
Genus:	†Imperobator; Ely & Case 2019[1]
Species:	†I. antarcticus
Binomial name
	†Imperobator antarcticus; Ely & Case 2019[1]

Imperobator ("powerful warrior") is a genus of paravian theropod that lived during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous period in what is now Antarctica. It contains a single species, I. antarcticus, recovered from the Snow Hill Island Formation.[1] Before its description, it was informally nicknamed the "Naze dromaeosaur", despite the lack of a "sickle claw" characteristic of the group. In 2019, the describing authors suggested that Imperobator was about the same size as Utahraptor.

References

Ely, Ricardo C.; Case, Judd A. (April 2019). "Phylogeny of A New Gigantic Paravian (Theropoda; Coelurosauria; Maniraptora) From The Upper Cretaceous Of James Ross Island, Antarctica". Cretaceous Research. 101: 1–16. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.04.003.

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[Ely&Case2019-1] Ely, Ricardo C.; Case, Judd A. (April 2019). "Phylogeny of A New Gigantic Paravian (Theropoda; Coelurosauria; Maniraptora) From The Upper Cretaceous Of James Ross Island, Antarctica". Cretaceous Research. 101: 1–16. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.04.003.