Deinonychus

“terrible claws”

CLASSIFICATION

Deinonychus  Ostrom, 1969TYPE SPECIES: D. antirrhopus Ostrom, 1969 “counterbalancing terrible claws” MISASSIGNED SPECIES: D. koreanensis 1993 [nomen nudum] “terrible claws from Korea” ==

Animalia Vertebrata Tetrapoda Sauropsida Archosauromorpha Ornithodira Dinosauria Sauropodomorpha

see also: Genus Index, Classification

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MEASUREMENTS

LENGTH: 2.5 m to 4 m

see also: World Records

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TIME

Aptian to Albian

see also: Ages of the Mesozoic

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PLACE

Montana, Oklahoma, Wyoming, Utah & Maryland?

see also: Paleo-Maps

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REMAINS

see also: Anatomy

• over 9 skeletons (adult and subadult), teeth

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IMAGES

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