Deinonychus antirrhopus Archosauria: Saurischia: Maniraptora: Dromeosauridae Occurrence: Cloverly Formation; Wyoming, Montana, North America Age: Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian), 110 million years ago This is a new reconstruction of the Deinonychus mode of living and skeleton construction made by Dr. A. Karhu. The Early Cretaceous bipedal predator Deinonychus known by several skeletons from the Cloverly Formation of Wyoming and Montana in North America is undoubtedly one of the most spectacular dinosaurs. This medium-sized and lightly-built bipedal dinosaur was an agile predator with strong grasping hands furnished with large sharp claws and a relatively long tail stiffened by long ossified tendons. However, the most notable peculiarity of Deinonychus is a large scimitar-like talon on the second toe. |
