Utahraptor ("Utah's predator") is a genus of theropod dinosaurs. It contains a single species, Utahraptor ostrommaysorum, which is the largest known member of the family Dromaeosauridae. Fossil specimens date to the upper Barremian stage of the early Cretaceous period (in rock strata dated to 126 ± 2.5 million years ago).
Utahraptor in "Before the Beginning"
Utahraptor was the star of a popular time-viewer video which put Jurassic Park to shame. The 1993 movie starred Utahraptor's smaller cousin Velociraptor.
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