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dromaeosaur
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Noun1.dromaeosaur - a kind of maniraptor
maniraptor - advanced carnivorous theropod
Dromaeosauridae, family Dromaeosauridae - swift-running bipedal dinosaurs


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Overall, researchers have found four specimens, all far south of where any indisputable dromaeosaurid remains have ever been discovered.
Raptor line: fossil finds push back dinosaur ancestry by Perkins, S. / Science News
At the time, they called it a missing link between birds and dinosaurs because it manifested the long bony tail of dromaeosaurid dinosaurs and the specialized shoulders and chest of birds.
All mixed up over birds and dinosaurs by Monastersky, R. / Science News
According to the prevailing theory, birds split off from the dromaeosaurid line sometime in the Jurassic period, more than 150 million years ago.
China yields a flock of downy dinosaurs by Monastersky R. / Science News
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