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Dromaeosaurinae

Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Dromaeosaurinae Matthew and Brown p. 378
1930Dromaeosaurinae Hay p. 180
1966Dromaeosaurinae Kuhn p. 94
1983Dromaeosaurinae Barsbold p. 89
1988Dromaeosaurinae Paul p. 360
1990Dromaeosaurinae Currie et al. p. 108
1992Dromaeosaurinae Currie p. 241
1995Dromaeosaurinae Currie
1997Dromaeosaurinae Currie p. 194
1998Dromaeosaurinae Sereno p. 65
1998Dromaeosaurinae Zinke p. 181
2000Dromaeosaurinae Currie p. 435
2003Dromaeosaurinae Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo p. 291
2004Dromaeosaurinae Burnham et al. p. 42A
2004Dromaeosaurinae Senter et al. p. 2 fig. 2
2007Dromaeosaurinae Sánchez-Hernández et al. p. 193
2009Dromaeosaurinae Longrich and Currie
2012Dromaeosaurinae Senter et al.
2014Dromaeosaurinae Sanz et al. p. 104
2014Dromaeosaurinae Sues and Averianov p. 239
2014Dromaeosaurinae Williamson and Brusatte p. 10
2020Dromaeosaurinae Jasinski et al. p. 6 fig. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
infraorderDeinonychosauria
familyDromaeosauridae
—Eudromaeosauria
subfamilyDromaeosaurinae
subfamilyDromaeosaurinae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. †Dromaeosaurinae Matthew and Brown 1922
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G. †Boreonykus Bell and Currie 2016
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†Boreonykus certekorum Bell and Currie 2016
G. †Dakotaraptor DePalma et al. 2015
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†Dakotaraptor steini DePalma et al. 2015
G. †Dromaeosaurus Matthew and Brown 1922
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†Dromaeosaurus albertensis Matthew and Brown 1922
G. †Itemirus Kurzanov 1976
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†Itemirus medullaris Kurzanov 1976
G. †Yurgovuchia Senter et al. 2012
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†Yurgovuchia doellingi Senter et al. 2012
G. †Zapsalis Cope 1876
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†Zapsalis abradens Cope 1876
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Maximum body mass: 100 kgg
Minimum body mass: 30 kgg
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2005-09-11 17:04:18
Modified: 2005-09-11 19:04:18
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Peczkis 1995, Marsh 1875, Holtz et al. 2000

Age range: base of the Tithonian to the top of the Edmontonian or 152.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (85 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Ethiopia (Shewa) Dromaeosaurinae indet. (48832)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Valanginian145.0 - 132.9USA (Utah) Yurgovuchia doellingi (97954)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Spain (Aragón) Dromaeosaurinae indet. (96073) Dromaeosaurinae indet. 1, Dromaeosaurinae indet. 3 (53921)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45Spain (Cuenca) Dromaeosaurinae indet. (61319)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0USA (Texas) Theropoda indet. (22713)
Middle Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian109.0 - 93.5USA (Alaska) Alectrosaurus sp. (51888)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Utah) Dromaeosaurinae indet. (22679)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Uzbekistan (Navoi) Laelaps explanatus (58208)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Texas) Dromaeosaurinae indet. (172153)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (South Dakota) Dromaeosaurus sp. (181902)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Utah) Dromaeosaurinae indet. (14415)
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Uzbekistan (Navoi) Itemirus medullaris (46959 58159 58166 58168 75943)
Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian86.3 - 70.6Kazakhstan (Qyzylorda) Coeluroidea indet. (59702) Dromaeosaurinae indet. (73446 73447 73448)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Utah) Dromaeosaurinae indet. (230888)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6China (Jilin) Dromaeosaurinae indet. (227000)
Judithian83.5 - 70.6USA (Utah) Dromaeosaurinae indet. (230886)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mexico (Coahuila) Dromaeosaurus sp. (35360 59114 154244)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Dromaeosauridae indet., Saurornitholestes sp. (22699) Dromaeosaurus albertensis (22659 34307 45674 45898 52475 53050) Dromaeosaurus sp. (22695 22697 22698 45260 45264 47812 47816 67869 67877 67893)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Dromaeosaurus albertensis (152279) Dromaeosaurus sp. (45240 47794 47795 59378 61468 61469)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) Dromaeosaurus albertensis (14437)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) Dromaeosaurus albertensis (14434 51682) Dromaeosaurus sp. (14462)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Dromaeosaurus albertensis (45894)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Saskatchewan) Dromaeosaurus albertensis (229975)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Brazil (São Paulo) Dromaeosaurinae indet. (232268)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Dromaeosaurinae indet. (152268)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) Dromaeosauridae indet. (91781)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Montana) Dromaeosaurus albertensis (85499)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alaska) Dromaeosaurus albertensis (51889 51890 51893)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Dromaeosaurinae indet. (55363 135740) Saurornitholestes sp. (60563)
Edmontonian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Dromaeosaurus sp. (71487)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Colorado) Dromaeosaurus sp. (96082)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Dromaeosaurus sp. (14537)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) Paronychodon lacustris (14629)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) D. sp. (14519) Dromaeosaurus sp. (14514 14543 75280 75443)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Dakotaraptor steini (174241 224484)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) Dromaeosaurus sp. (183109)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Dromaeosauridae indet. (14585) Dromaeosaurus sp. (26760)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Dromaeosaurus sp. (54105)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Russian Federation (Amur) Dromaeosauridae indet. (38134 47029)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Colorado) Dromaeosaurus sp. (49539)