Deinonychus
genus of dinosaur (fossil) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Deinonychus [1] was a medium theropod dinosaur. It was a dromaeosaur, and also a larger relative of the famous Velociraptor. This 3.4 meter (11 ft) long Deinonychus lived during the Lower Cretaceous, about 115-108 million years ago. Fossils have been found in the U.S. states of Montana, Wyoming, and Oklahoma.
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Deinonychus skeleton at the Field Museum, Chicago. | |
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Genus: | Deinonychus |
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Deinonychus antirrhopus Ostrom, 1969 | |
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Deinonychus is perhaps the single most important dinosaur discovered in the mid 20th century.[2]