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Dromaeosaurus
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You can see this dinosaur in the Museum.
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The back foot of this dinosaur had a large claw for kicking.
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Fact file
- Pronounced
- DROM-ee-oh-saw-russ
- Meaning of name
- running lizard
- Length
- 1.8m
- Height
- 0.8m
- Weight
- 15kg
- Teeth
- small, razor-sharp, backward-curving teeth
- Diet
- carnivorous
- Food
- vertebrates
- How it moved
- on 2 legs
- When it lived
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Late Cretaceous
(76 - 74 million years ago) - Found in
- Canada, USA
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Neotherapoda, Tetanurae, Avetherapoda, Coelurosauria, Tyrannoraptora, Maniraptoriformes, Maniraptora, Paraves, Eumaniraptora, Dromaeosauridae, Dromaeosaurus
- Named by
- Matthew and Brown (1922)
- Type species
- albertensis
