Deinonychus
Means: Terrible claw
Say: die-NON-ik-us
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10 feet
6 feet
150 pounds
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Mid-Cretaceous period, 119 million to 97 million years ago
Western United States (Montana, Oklahoma, Wyoming, Utah)
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SMART? FIERCE!
The deinonychus was a small dinosaur with a big brain. It was much smaller than
other predators and may have hunted in packs, like wolves. A pack of these
creatures, with their long arms, sharp teeth and ferocious claws, could have
brought down dinosaurs many times their size.
BIRDS OF FEATHER?
Microraptors like deinonychus had birdlike bodies. Scientists in China recently
discovered feathers on a fossilized microraptor, the first evidence that feathers
may have existed before birds.
ANIMALS TODAY THAT HUNT IN PACKS
Wolves
Hyenas
Lions
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