Anatomy:
Lightly
built
Bird like
Curved
and flexible neck
Big head
Sharp and
serrated teeth
Very
powerful jaws
Three
fingers on per hand
Large,
sharp and curved claws
Four-toed
feet
The
second toe had a 5-inch (13-cm) sickle-like claw
Its long
tail had bony rods running along the spine
Relatively large brain
Large and
keen eyes
Size:
|
|
size |
|
|
Length |
10 feet (3 m) |
|
Height |
5 feet (1.5 m) |
|
weight |
150 pounds |
Meaning and pronunciation:
|
|
Deinonychus |
|
|
Meaning |
Terrible Claw |
|
pronounced |
dye-NON-ik-us |
Diet:
|
|
DIET |
|
|
CARNIVORE |
*** |
|
HERBIVORE |
|
|
ate
anything that they could slash and tear apart. |
Intelligence:
|
intelligence |
|
Very high |
*** |
|
High |
|
|
Mid |
|
|
low |
|
|
Very low |
|
Locomotion:
|
|
Biped |
Quadruped |
|
Running |
*** |
|
|
Walking |
*** |
|
Period of life:
|
ERA |
PERIOD |
EPOCH |
MILLIONS YEARS AGO |
|
Mesozoic |
Cretaceous |
EARLY |
110-100 |
Discovery of fossil:
Its
fossils have been found in Montana, Utah, and Wyoming, USA.
Classification:
|
|
Classification |
|
|
Family |
Dromaeosauridae |
|
INFRAORDER |
Tetanurae |
|
SUBORDER |
Theropoda |
|
ORDER |
Saurischia |
