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Deltadromeus

Deltadromeus

Pronunciation:: del-tah-drohm-ee-us
Name meaning:: 'delta runner'

Deltadromeus

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Type of dinosaur:: large theropod
Length:: 8.1m

Diet:: carnivorous
When it lived:: Late Cretaceous, 99-94 million years ago
Found in:: Morocco

Deltadromeus is known from a single partial skeleton.

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:: Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Neotheropoda, Tetanurae, Avetheropoda, Coelurosauria
Named by:: Sereno, Duthiel, Iarochene, Larsson, Lyon, Magwene, Sidor, Varricchio and Wilson (1996)
Type species:: agilis

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