“I didn’t know we had a state fossil,” Bramble says. So Kenyon launched into a long argument about why Utahraptor should have that designation instead. As he explains now, “Its name has ...

One dromaeosaur - Utahraptor - stood taller than all the rest, to the point where it could quite comfortably fit an animal the size of Velociraptor in its mouth. While other genera, such as ...

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He knew the now-iconic Velociraptors in the movie were going to be about three times larger than they actually were — or exactly the size of Kirkland’s soon-to-be-named Utahraptor (pronounced ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Scientists believe they have many more Utahraptor fossils than they originally believed from a 136 million-year-old sandstone "megablock" that was first discovered in Utah two ...

Utahraptor – a feathered, agile, bird-like apex predator. Dromaeosaurs, or more popularly, raptors, are easily some of the ...

It was millions of years in the making, but Utahraptor is now Utah’s official state dinosaur — or it will be on May 8. Gov. Gary Herbert signed SB43 into law Friday and it takes effect ...

a diversion. -[Utahraptor growls] -[Gastonia grunts] ♪ [Guttural cries] ♪ Like a fox in a henhouse, the kill triggers the leader's predatory instinct. [Ferocious screech] [Heavy snorting ...

The stunning visual effects sequences in Walking with Dinosaurs are typically made up of two elements: real-world backdrops shot on location and the VFX dinosaurs inserted into these backgrounds later ...

SALT LAKE CITY — An 18,000-pound "megablock" unearthed in Grand County contains twice as many Utahraptor fossils as originally observed, the Utah Department of Natural Resources reports.

A unique green ribbon cuts through some of the rock, a highlight of what will be "Utahraptor State Park." FOX 13 accompanied state officials as they toured the newest state park, recently created ...