Deinonychus was a medium-sized theropod dinosaur, measuring about 3 meters long and weighing around 100 kilograms. It had a ...

This skeleton of a Deinonychus—a group of agile, carnivorous dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous period (145-100.5 million years ago) known for its sickle-shaped claws on each hind foot ...

Dromaeosaurs, such as Velociraptor and Deinonychus, were smaller, agile predators with sickle-shaped claws on their hind feet, sharp teeth and evidence of feathers. Dinosaur teeth tend to be ...

We now know Deinonychus, meaning terrible claw, to be a somewhat intimidating, feathered early ancestor of modern day birds. With the first feathered dinosaurs found in the late 1990s, and a ...

Another pack-hunting carnivorous dinosaur, Deinonychus had sharp, sickle-shaped claws and was quick and agile. Like Velociraptor, it likely hunted in groups to take down larger prey. It was ...

We’re in a period that palaeontologists call the “dinosaur renaissance”. It began in the 1960s with the revolutionary discovery of Deinonychus, a small predatory dinosaur that lived about 115 million ...

"The dinosaur nesting world was more colourful ... Comparisons with the eggs of modern birds suggest the clawed predator Deinonychus laid a blue egg with brown blotches. The birdlike feathered ...

The bones comprising them were relatively long compared to those of related dinosaurs, and they were partially fused together. In modern birds, these bones are totally fused and, due to their ...

This new dinosaur renaissance was sparked by the discovery in 1964 of Deinonychus antirrhopus by palaeontologist John Ostrom. He noticed the fossils were bird-like in appearance, particularly their ...

Another pack-hunting carnivorous dinosaur, Deinonychus had sharp, sickle-shaped claws and was quick and agile. Like Velociraptor, it likely hunted in groups to take down larger prey. It was smaller ...