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Deinonychus

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Deinonychus [Gr.,=terrible claw], swift bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the early Cretaceous period, approximately 119-93 million years ago. Fossil specimens have been discovered in Montana and Wyoming. Adults were around 10 ft (2.5 m) from head to tail and 1 ft (3 m) high. The second toe of each three-toed foot was modified into a long sickle-shaped claw, and the hands, each finger of which also ended in a claw, were adapted to grabbing prey. Deinonychus is thought to have been a very fast-moving predator. It belongs to the group of saurischian theropods [Gr.,?=?beast feet]... Read more

Deinonychus
...the Early Cretaceous period (144–99 million years ago). Deinonychus walked and ran on two legs, yet its killing devices, large sickle-li...had a large brain and was evidently a fast, agile predator. Deinonychus Deinonychus Deinonychus Read more

Velociraptor
...being approximately 6 ft (1.8 m) long. It was similar to Deinonychus in appearance and, like that dinosaur, had a lethal sickle-shap...thinsp;= beast feet] that includes Tyrannosaurus , Deinonychus, and living birds. Author not available, VELOCIRAPTOR... Read more

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	Deinonychus' claws were hookers, not rippers.(PALEONTOLOGY) ; Deinonychus and its relatives, a group of bipedal, meat-eating dinosaurs...claws were instead used to grip and climb large prey. Deinonychus' claw was about 10 centimeters long and curved through...carcass at speeds comparable to those expected during Deinonychus attacks. Despite having a sheath 40 times as ... Read more
	Of Professors and Predators: John Ostrom, Deinonychus antirrhopus, and the Nature of Dinosaurs ; ...inspired Ostrom to christen the species Deinonychus antirrhopm, "counterbalancing terrible...of Velociraptor, a close relative of Deinonychus. When Ostroni announced his discovery...his description, Ostroni compared the Deinonychus's bone physiology to that of emus, cassowaries... Read more
	O'KEEFFE-O-SAURUS ; The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum is the Deinonychus of art museums. If that sounds like Greek to you, its because...Michael ~Crichton novel Jurassic Park as a "velociraptor." The Deinonychus was light and fast, with exceptional balance and agility... Read more
	The Daily Oklahoman Bryan Painter column: Art contest focusing on dinosaurs. ; ...Painter Dec. 21--NORMAN -- The group of Deinonychus lurked behind a thick cover of trees...plenty of groceries to be had. And the Deinonychus knew it. I asked Richard Cifelli, curator...But let's get back to that attack. The Deinonychus were the kick boxers of dinosaurs, Cifelli... Read more
	Close encounters of the Dino-kind.(Features) ; ...and has a T-Rex who stands four metres tall beside an agile Deinonychus for kids to look at. Visitors will get the opportunity to...fossil evidence, including impressive dinosaur casts such as a Deinonychus skull, a Velociraptor claw and teeth from a Tyrannosaurus-R... Read more
	Letters to the editor ; Dinosaur Stress The Deinonychus foot on the cover of the 12/99-1/00 issue is of special interest to an orthopedist--and not only because of the lethal second toe... Read more
	Features: And on the fifth day, God created dinosaurs John Whitmore says God made all living things in a week - and he's a professor of geology. As America goes creation crazy, evolution theory is fighting for survival, finds James Langton ; ...from the right foot of a dinosaur, possibly the meat-eating Deinonychus. Prof Whitmore runs his fingers over the second imprint...Darwinian science tells us that this is impossible; that Deinonychus last roamed the great plains of what is now North America... Read more
	Days of the deinos ; ...reptile." His genus name for the theropod, Deinonychus, or "terrible claw," was inspired by...the head and body. Ostrom described Deinonychus's skeleton in marvelous detail, using...numerous skeletal similarities between Deinonychus and specimens of the early bird Archaeopteryx... Read more
	Evolution can't explain missing dino ; OYSTER BAY, N.Y. -- A 265-pound fiberglass replica of a raptor Deinonychus was stolen last weekend by thieves who unbolted it from a trailer at the annual Oyster Festival. The dinosaur had been brought... Read more
	Dinosaurs roar into town for W5 exhibition ; ...metre tall prehistoric beast was spotted along with an agile deinonychus stalking the exhibition area of W5 in the Odyssey. But don...feature fossil evidence, including dinosaur casts such as a deinonychus skull, a velociraptor claw and tyrannosaurus teeth. Dr Sally... Read more

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