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Wambotiste
“ It really was the Ferrari of competitors. ”
– Robert DePalma
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: †Eumaniraptora
Clade: †Deinonychosauria
Family: †Dromaeosauridae
Genus: †Dakotaraptor
Species: †Dakotaraptor steini*
Descendant: Dromaeosaurids
Described by: Robert A. DePalma, David A. Burnham, Larry Dean Martin, Peter Lars Larson, and Robert Thomas Bakker
Year Described: 2015
Size: adult length of 5.5 m (18 ft) to 4.35-6 m (14.3-19.7 ft) and a weight of 220-350 kg (485-772 lbs)
Lifespan: 30–50+ years
Activity: Nocturnal 🌃
Thermoregulate: Endotherm
Type(s): Reptiles (†Dromaeosaurids)
Title(s):
Dakota Thief
Quick Eagle
Other Name(s)/Alias(es):
Eagle-eye
Turtle
Pantheon(s): Terran/Gaian 🇺🇳
Time Period: Late Cretaceous (Albian?–Maastrichtian), 100?-66 m BCE
Alignment: Neutral
Threat Level: ★★★★★
Diet: Carnivorous, partially omnivorous 🥩🥓🐟🪲(🌿🌹)
Element(s): none
Inflict(s): Bleeding 🩸
Weakness(es): none
Casualties: ???
Based On: itself
Conservation Status:
Earth (Paleocene–Holocene): Extinct (EX) – IUCN Red List (via Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event)
Reinachos/Ityosel: Vulnerable (VU) – IUCN Red List
Delphia/Thatrollwa: Extinct in the Wild (EW) – IUCN Red List
Take note:
This is not extinct in Earth Responsibly universe.
The Wambotiste or Wa’ihiwiki (Dakotaraptor steini) is an extinct genus and species of dromaeosaurid known from partial skeletons unearthed in South Dakota, USA. Its fossils have been found in the Maastrichtian-age Hell Creek Formation, dated to the very end of the Cretaceous period, making it one of the last surviving dromeosaurids known.
In Earth Responsibly was named Wambotiste, called by Dakota people is "Wambdi ištá", which means "eagle eye", The term "eagle eyes" is a metaphor for someone with acute powers of observation and insight. In Hawaiian language with pure loanwords: both English and Japanese words called "Wa’ihiwiki", which means "quick eagle".
Singular: wambotiste, wa’ihiwiki
Plural: wambotistes, wa’ihiwiki
Dakotaraptor featured a stiff, balanced tail, long, feathery arms that probably resembled wings but weren't utilized for flight, and the recognizable sickle-shaped claws on each foot that were employed to grab or slice prey. This dinosaur had serrated teeth and a light, robust head. Although Dakotaraptor's feathers might have been more substantial or showy, they were almost certainly similar to those of relatives like Velociraptor. The holotype individual of Dakotaraptor however has a reconstructed length of five and a half meters. At the time of the 2015 description, this makes Dakotaraptor the second largest dromaeosaurid dinosaur known, with the largest being Utahraptor.
Dakotaraptor is a member of the dromaeosaurid family, which also includes Dromaeosaurus, Velociraptor, Utahraptor, and Deinonychus. Dakotaraptor is the largest of these, yet it lived much later than Utahraptor.
Dakotaraptor was a fast runner, though not as fast as a cheetah. It had great balance because of its tail; it had a strong grasp and a sickle-claw slicing strike; and it was probably clever for a dinosaur, possibly capable of coordinated hunts. Many medium-to-large theropods could likely wade or paddle short distances, and feathers may have made swimming for extended periods of time ineffective, even if there is no conclusive fossil evidence that Dakotaraptor swam much.
Paris Kealani and Whitedust Fanning are notable exceptions and used magical powers from each owners unless for the epic battles.
Dakotaraptor most likely held a mid-to-top predator niche, particularly in regions with few or no larger predators. Ceratopsians, ankylosaurs, nodosaurs, pachycephalosaurs, small theropods, hadrosaurs, ornithopods, mammals, insects, reptiles, birds, frogs, little pterosaurs, wyverns, and even a juvenile Tyrannosaurus can all be targeted. An adult Dakotaraptor only had one thing to fear: a Tyrannosaurus rex. While the raptor was faster, a single bite from a T. rex would be fatal.
Flight was almost certainly an impossibility for Dakotaraptor, mainly because at about five and a half meters long Dakotaraptor would have simply been too big. There was also no way for Dakotaraptor to use its arms to generate anywhere near enough lift. The original study of Dakotaraptor's forearms into wings, indicated the total 'wingspan' of Dakotaraptor would have been about one hundred and twenty centimetres.
Dakotaraptor are stated as having very bad parental care. Apparently both the male and the female form a mating bond, but they don't seem to feed their babies, as they only tolerate their presence. The parents will hunt for food, while the babies will only follow them for protection and subsistence. The parents will only tolerate them until they are juveniles, and by that time they will start to see them as food and competition. Dakotaraptor must be seen as a individual character at first, to which the hatchling will have to learn how to survive alone way before their parents rejection.
It laid eggs in nests.
It likely practiced brooding behavior (sitting on nests like birds).
Feathers suggest temperature regulation for eggs.
Parental care may have existed, similar to bird-like dinosaurs.
It is still up for discussion in science whether Dakotaraptor lived in packs or as group hunters. They probably employ their feathers as visual displays for intimidation or mating. Real Dakotaraptor were likely less coordinated as a "wolf pack" than Hollywood raptors, but they were nevertheless socially conscious.
Dakotaraptors would not be amiable by nature if they were still around today, but they might be trained to be far more dangerous than giant predatory birds like eagles. Due to their high intelligence, they are able to identify people and develop conditioned reactions. It's more akin to handling a tiger or cassowary than a puppy. Humans would be seen as either an easy midday snack or a menace to be destroyed.
Dakotaraptor was one of the very last dinosaurs. It was wiped out by the K-Pg Mass Extinction ($66$ million years ago) caused by the Chicxulub asteroid impact. The extinction causes included:
Asteroid impact
Climate collapse
Food chain disruption
The remains have been found in the Maastrichtian-aged Hell Creek Formation, dated to the very end of the Mesozoic era, making Dakotaraptor one of the last surviving dromaeosaurids. The Hell Creek Formation (North & South Dakota & Montana) is a lush, humid coastal plain with forests and swampy deltas.
In The Recollections of Queen Arianna as depicted in Two Lights, Worldcraft, and Rescris, Dakotaraptor survived via de-extinction. In Past and Present Incidents like NWTSW and Weather Dragons, Dakotaraptors now at the center of Western Interior Seaway.
Movement Pattern: Not a Migrant
Individual Type: Solo
Population Trend: Stable
Population: ???
Locomotion: Terrestrial
Habitat: Taiga; Montane Grasslands and Shrublands; Temperate Coniferous Forests; Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests; Temperate Deciduous Forests; Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands; Subtropical Coniferous Forests; Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests; Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests; Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands; Salt Flats; Stone Forest; Tropical Coniferous Forests; Tropical Moist Broadleaf Forests; Tropical Dry Broadleaf Forests; Tropical Grasslands; Tropical Savannas and Shrublands; Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub; Mushroom Forests; Mushroom Fields; Deserts and Xeric Shrublands; Badlands; Flooded Grasslands and Savannas; Swamp; Bayous/Billabongs; Riparian; Wetland; Mangrove Forest; Cold Bamboo Forests; Tropical Bamboo Forests; Air-breathing Coral Reefs; Graveyard Vale; Mountain; Volcano; Warm Ghost Town; Cold Ghost Town; Ruined Skyscraper.
Earth:
Extinct: Canada (Alberta; Manitoba; Saskatchewan); United States (Montana; North Dakota; South Dakota; Wyoming); Mexico
Berbania: none
Reinachos: none
Delphia: Delirtinia
Sawintir: none
Agarathos: none
Dakotaraptor was regularly overdosed on drugs, fed while unconscious, and put unconscious by gunfire or arrows. Because the survivor is always within 12 radii of the hatching egg, dakotaraptors were domesticated practically immediately after hatching. If Dakotaraptor is not tamed, it can be fed ordinary meat, popcorn, fish flesh, and fried or boiled eggs.
Dakotaraptors were resurrected by not human scientists but the Isu a long time ago, before Adam and Eve. The deity scientists Phanes and his friends attempted many times to resurrect the famous extinct animals, the dinosaurs. Phanes and Aita are partners in crime for the restoration of dinosaurs, including Dakotaraptor in the Earth and Sawintir over and over again.
Two known Dakotaraptors in Hawaii State, USA, were Paris Kealani, owned by Princess Meranie Jorpassadal Kealani dal and Duke Ronaldo Galicinao Kealani, and Whitedust Fanning, owned by the sisters of Fanning, Dakota and Elle Fanning, as depicted in No Way to Seaway because of Hera. Robert de Palma coined and verified the scientific name of this species in 2013. In Hawaiian, there are pure loanwords: both English and Japanese words called "Wa'ihiwiki," which means "quick eagle.".
Similar to Paris, Whitedust's origin was contested before being separated from that of Paris; he was born in Austin, Texas, USA, today, not in the past, before being banished by Adonis, the Greek god of homosexuals and Aphrodite's sister. Just a few real people still go by Whitedust, including actress Dakota Fanning, who is renaming her new pet Whitedust Fanning in homage to the fictional character. Whitedust has no surname.
Whitedust and Paris broke away from the Order of Assassins during the Historya Davvun; the contemporary Assassin Brotherhood exploited the dinosaurs to hunt and use them as weapons against Conservationist Hunters and Templar Knights. When Steve Fanning and Heather Joy Arrington found the turtle on the road and flew it by private plane to their remote Texas house, Whitedust was struck by one of their cars. It alludes to the fact that this dinosaur was a turtle. After being let free, Paris utilized a drift portal to reach Hawaii, where he was safe.
After Ronaldo failed to save Margaret, Countess of Pembroke and Katherina Eliopoulos, or Kathy Bartolome in her school name, both died at the hands of Padre Bernardo Salvi, the overarch antagonist in Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo during the Late Cretaceous period.
Paris abandoned him, kept him safe for himself alive, and found the few surviving Dakotaraptors in Everrealm. Paris followed the most beautiful girl in the first childhood of Ronaldo, Meranie Jorpassadal, who was a princess of her heartwarming life, avoiding contact with him until Joszef Horvath and the rest of his allies followed the steps to the new events for Ronaldo's new passive life and Meranie.
Meranie declared Paris her protector, and only a few dinosaurs from prehistoric times survived via drift portals. Because Adonis apologized for accepting Hephaestus and never made the mess again because of Agarthans, Aswangs, and even Abstergo Industries. Paris witnessed that his friends from Ronaldo's teammate's pets died from mass extinction; there were only a few remaining pets, along with Whitedust Fanning, another friend and pet of Dakota Fanning, and Elle Fanning, due to only one of the animals's names having a surname as his heart defined who he was, not his bloodline of this species, and this brought his peace and purpose with Paris.
Both Paris and Whitedust are generally close relatives and were cousins once removed due to being Dakotaraptors in the modern-day era via drift portals from Sawintir to the Earth during the 18th century. Whitedust survived mass extinctions due to transporting all contemporary-era figures and others to Holocene because of Hera, the vicious goddess and mistress of Zeus. Whitedust finally lived in 2019 with his family, but Paris declined to live his own life and find out what happened to the Meranie Jorpassadal and Ronaldo Galicinao Kealani relationship.
Later in three years, Dakota Fanning reunited after her acting career with Whitedust and now resides in the Kealani De-extinction Preservation Area for Prehistoric Creatures, owned by Lavigne Soledad and Scarlet Peters Soledad, to protect any prehistoric creatures from extinction and overhunting. The United Nations declared it an international tourist attraction for the protection of the Fanning family, as well as for creationism and iconic legend.
Cedric of Enchancia, a sorcerer of Enchancia Kingdom, also travels to Meranie's kingdom called Delirtinia, the only Saurfolk's kingdom from Earth, due to bilateral relations with Anglo-American and Latin American countries forward to Delirtinia against Agarthan and Buddhist tribes.
Delirtinia is a modernized medieval kingdom with mixed animals and characters who lived peacefully and in harmony, was declared a hermit kingdom, and had lots of international embassies for protection. Many of the diplomatic relations are a major reason for safeguarding the legacy of the Saurfolk's own country rather than micronation. Delirtinia needs a hero; the only human in their country was Ronaldo Galicinao Kealani, who was Meranie's real husband and Paris's true owner of Sawintir or Ever-realm.
In the name of Paris of Nevada, now called by Princess Sofia of Enchancia as Tiracahne, from the Agarthan word in Pali language "tiracchāna" for beast, not Prince Adam from Beauty and the Beast.
In The Recollections of Queen Arianna saga as depicted in Two Lights, Worldcraft, and Rescris Series, the Dakotaraptor survived via de-extinction by the University of Melbourne, University of Tokyo, University of Waikato, BioLyfe Enterprise, Revive & Restore, and Colossal Biosciences.
See also: none
Dakota: Wambdištá
Hawaiian: Wa’ihiwiki
It is noted that Dakotaraptor is likely a chimera and portions of the described skeleton have already been shown to not represent a dromaeosaurid, namely with the “furcula” reidentified as part of a turtle plastron. Shortly after its description in 2015, other paleontologists realized that some of the bones attributed to Dakotaraptor—specifically the "wishbone" (furcula)—were actually fossilized pieces of a soft-shell turtle's shell (Trionychidae). The rest of the skeleton remains a valid new raptor species, but the turtle bones had to be removed from the record.
For decades, there was a "missing link" in Hell Creek—something bigger than a small Acheroraptor but smaller than a T. rex. Dakotaraptor finally filled that "mid-sized predator" slot.