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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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gonzalezorum probably couldn't have sustained powered flight, "it's not out of the realm [of possibility] that a common ancestor of Archaeopteryx and dromaeosaurs could have been a flyer," he notes.
Raptor line: fossil finds push back dinosaur ancestry by Perkins, S. / Science News
Since nonflying dromaeosaurs existed before birds, Norell considers this specimen the best evidence so far that animals developed feathers to keep warm before they ever used them to fly.
Dino-mite discoveries. (Life News) by Chiang, Mona / Science World
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