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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We would set ourselves down in one spot under the blazing summer sun and methodically scour every inch and every pebble in our little area for mammal, crocodilian and dromaeosaur teeth.
There are footprints from duckbilled dinosaurs, prehistoric birds, long-necked plant eaters and a dromaeosaur similar to a velociraptor or Utah raptor that had long, sharp claws.
This is the first evidence of a flying raptor, a member of the Dromaeosaur family of dinosaurs to successfully prey on fish.
Another highlight is Bambiraptor feinbergi, an incredibly well-preserved dromaeosaur fossil that, along with numerous other fossils, provides strong evidence that dinosaurs are related closely to modern birds.
It belonged to a type of dino called a dromaeosaur: a small, fast-running theropod--a group of two-legged meat eaters, or carnivores, that included T.
The animal, known as a dromaeosaur, provides ''important evidence'' for the theory that feathers first evolved for warmth rather than for flight, said Mark Norell, head of the American Museum of Natural History's Paleontology Division.
The dromaeosaur or raptor, Sinornithosaurus (Chinese-bird-lizard), is a close relative to Velociraptor.
The new raptor, or dromaeosaur, belongs to a South American dromaeosaur group known as the unenlagiines, according to Novas.
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