Theropod dinosaur
Place Collected(Object)
: North America, USA, Montana, Carbon County, Bridger Date: Date Collected: Prior to 1966
Dimensions:length=260; width=33; height=101 cm
Taxonomy
- Attributes
- Objects
- Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
- Phylum:
Chordata
- Class:
Reptilia
- Order:
Saurischia
- Family:
Dromaeosauridae
- Genus:
Deinonychus
- SpecificEpithet:
antirrhopus
Object number: ROMVP52430
Credit Line: Gift of the Louise Hawley Stone Charitable Trust and Ms. Cynthea Cooch
Gallery Location:James and Louise Temerty Galleries of the Age of Dinosaurs, Life on Land Cretaceous, Theropod Diversity, Deinonychus
DescriptionDeinonychus belonged to a group of theropods known as dromaeosaurs. Dromaeosaurs were small, agile bipedal predators with a large brain (for a dinosaur), large slicing teeth and long front limbs for manipulation of prey. The huge, sickle-shaped talon on each back foot was probably used for defence or to disembowel prey. Being highly active, Deinonychus was probably warm-blooded. Most scientists today agree that birds evolved from dromeosaurs.
Collector(s):Meyer;Grant;E.;Ostrom;John;H.;
