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| − | [[Image:deinonychus.jpg|thumb|right|A fossilized ''Deinonychus antirrhopus'' skeleton.]] | + | [[Image:deinonychus.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A fossilized ''Deinonychus antirrhopus'' skeleton. Like many museum skeletons, this might be replica of the original set of fossils.]] |
'''Deinonychus''' was a small, bipedal, [[Cretaceous|Cretaceous-era]] carnivorous dinosaur. It had a long, sickle-like claw on the end of its big toe. ''Deinonychus'' [[fossils]] were first discovered in 1931 by Barnum Brown in southern [[Montana]]. In 1964 the fossils were designated ''Deinonychus antirrhopus'' by John Ostrom and Grant Meyer. | '''Deinonychus''' was a small, bipedal, [[Cretaceous|Cretaceous-era]] carnivorous dinosaur. It had a long, sickle-like claw on the end of its big toe. ''Deinonychus'' [[fossils]] were first discovered in 1931 by Barnum Brown in southern [[Montana]]. In 1964 the fossils were designated ''Deinonychus antirrhopus'' by John Ostrom and Grant Meyer. | ||
[[Category:Dinosaurs]] | [[Category:Dinosaurs]] | ||
Revision as of 03:13, April 24, 2007
Deinonychus was a small, bipedal, Cretaceous-era carnivorous dinosaur. It had a long, sickle-like claw on the end of its big toe. Deinonychus fossils were first discovered in 1931 by Barnum Brown in southern Montana. In 1964 the fossils were designated Deinonychus antirrhopus by John Ostrom and Grant Meyer.