Genus: Bambiraptor BURNHAM, DERSTLER, CURRIE, BAKKER, ZHOU & OSTROM, 2000
Etymology: Bambi: from the now widely used nickname for the holotype, originally coined by the Linster family, Greek, ‘raptor’, robber.

Species: feinbergorum emend BURNHAM, DERSTLER, CURRIE, BAKKER, ZHOU & OSTROM, 2000
Etymology: Honoring Michael and Ann Feinberg, who recognized the significance of this fossil and have generously encouraged our (Burnham) research and the preservation of the fossil for science.

Holotype: AMNH 001 (old FIP 001)

Locality: About 19 km west of the city of Bynum, Teton County, Montana.

Horizon: Two Medicine Formation, approximately two-thirds of the way above the base of the unit.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Judithian age, Campanian Stage, Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material: Fragmentary skull and fragmentary skeleton.

Note: Has a furcula.