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genus · 1 represented species

Deinonychus

Deinonychus is a dinosaur genus represented here by Deinonychus antirrhopus.

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Deinonychus

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Representative silhouette for Deinonychus
1Direct child groups
1Countries represented
115–108 MaDataset range

Branch structure

Direct branches in this dataset

species

Deinonychus antirrhopus

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Representative taxa

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Feathered life reconstruction of Deinonychus antirrhopus by Fred WierumArt by Fred Wierum · CC BY-SA 4.0

Cretaceous

Deinonychus antirrhopus

A feathered Early Cretaceous dromaeosaurid with a raised second-toe claw, grasping hands and a reinforced tail. John Ostrom's study of it helped transform the modern view of dinosaurs as active, bird-like animals.

carnivore~3.3 m

Distribution

Geographic record

United States

Country-level summary of represented seed records, not a complete range map.

Sources

Further reading

Introduction to the DinosauriaDinosaur Paleobiology