Dakotaraptor (name meaning "Dakota Thief") is a genus of dromaeosaurid dinosaur that originated during the Late Cretaceous period in what is now North America. The second largest dromaeosaur, after the earlier Utahraptor, Dakotaraptor's great size allowed it to hunt down larger prey, such as the duck-billed Edmontosaurus and the three-horned Triceratops. As with other members of the dromaeosaur family, Dakotaraptor was armed with sharp claws on its hands and feet, self-replenishing teeth in its jaws, and the famous sickle-like claws that all raptors are famous for.
Thought to have been extinct for 65 million years, there are still large packs of Dakotaraptor that remain alive on Primeval Island.