Deinonychus
Cretaceous Period Carnivore Creature Type
Deinonychus antirrhopus
Scientific Name: "Scary Claws"
Local Name: Deinonychus
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π₯©Carnivore
Physical Characteristics
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Size3.3~3.4m
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Weight60~100kg
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Height0.87m
Discovery
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Discovery Year1969Year
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DiscovererJohn Ostrom
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Discovery LocationMontana, USA
'Deinonychus is a dinosaur in the Dromaeosauridae family that lived in North America during the Early Cretaceous Period (about 115 to 180 million years ago). The depiction of the velociraptor in the movie 'Jurassic Park' is actually closer to Deinonychus. Professor John Ostrom's 1969 study revolutionized paleontology
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