Dinosaurs · Large theropod

Achillobator

Say it a-kil-oh-bah-tor. The name means ‘Achilles hero’.

Achillobator beside a person 1.75 m tall. Ticks mark every metre.Body shape drawn for this site, showing the general build of large theropods
Length
5 m
Diet
Meat-eater
When
Late Cretaceous99 to 84 million years ago
Fossils found in
Mongolia
Named by
Perle, Norell and Clark (1999)
Family tree
Dinosauria › Saurischia › Theropoda › Dromaeosauridae
TriassicJurassicCretaceousAchillobator252 Ma66 Ma
Where Achillobator sits in the age of dinosaurs.Periods from the ICS chart; dinosaur dates from the Natural History Museum

Large theropods. Big two-legged meat-eaters, such as Tyrannosaurus. See all 63

Lived at the same time

Other large theropods

Source: Achillobator in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.