Reptilia - Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Alternative combinations: Deinonychus anthirropus, Deinonychus antirrophus, Velociraptor antirrhopus
Full reference: J. H. Ostrom. 1969. A new theropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Montana. Postilla 128:1-17
Belongs to Deinonychus according to N. R. Longrich and P. J. Currie 2009
See also Apesteguía et al. 2011, Averianov and Lopatin 2021, Bever and Norell 2009, Brinkman et al. 1998, Brownstein 2019, Buffetaut et al. 1986, Burnham et al. 2000, Chanthasit and Buffetaut 2009, Chiappe 2002, Chiappe et al. 1996, Choiniere et al. 2010, Dalla Vecchia 2020, Delcourt and Grillo 2014, DePalma et al. 2015, Frederickson et al. 2015, Frederickson et al. 2018, Gauthier 1986, Gishlick and Gauthier 2007, Godefroit et al. 2008, Goianechini and Apesteguía 2011, Gong et al. 2012, Jasinski et al. 2020, Juárez Valieri et al. 2007, Kiernan and Schwimmer 2004, Knoll and Ruiz-Omeñaca 2009, Langston 1974, Le Loeuff et al. 1992, Le Loeuff and Buffetaut 1998, Lee 2016, Lipka 1998, Lisak 1980, Martínez and Novas 2006, Maxwell 1997, Molnar 1974, Molnar 1978, Molnar 1980, Molnar 1980, Molnar and Pledge 1980, Naish 1999, Norell et al. 2018, Norell and Makovicky 1997, Norell and Makovicky 1999, Norell and Makovicky 2004, Novas 1996, Osmólska 1996, Osmólska and Roniewicz 1970, Osmólska et al. 1972, Ostrom 1969, Ostrom 1969, Ostrom 1970, Parsons and Parsons 2004, Parsons and Parsons 2009, Parsons and Parsons 2015, Paul 1988, Paul 1988, Poropat and Kear 2013, Prieto-Marquez et al. 2012, Rauhut 2003, Sampson and Witmer 2007, Sanz et al. 1992, Senter 2007, Senter et al. 2004, Senter and Sullivan 2019, Suarez et al. 2021, Sues 1977, Sues 1980, Sues and Averianov 2014, Tanaka et al. 2016, Torices et al. 2008, Turner 1997, Turner et al. 2007, Turner et al. 2011, van der Lubbe et al. 2009, Varricchio 2002, Weishampel 2006, White et al. 2015, Xing et al. 2012 and Zanno and Makovicky 2011
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: YPM 5205. Its type locality is YPM 64-75, Edwards Ranch, which is in an Albian fluvial-lacustrine claystone in the Cloverly Formation of Montana.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): femur diameter 316.0, femur circumference 119.0, humerus diameter 19.5, radius diameter 9.75, tibia diameter 71.6, ulna diameter 12.1
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (35: Arkansas, Montana, Oklahoma, Wyoming collections)
Total: 35 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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