Deinonychus

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Deinonychus
Fossil range: Early Cretaceous
Deinonychus acting like a predator.
Deinonychus acting like a predator.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
Infraorder: Coelurosauria
Family: Dromaeosauridae
Subfamily: Dromaeosaurinae
Genus: Deinonychus
Species: D. antirrhopus
Binomial name
Deinonychus antirrhopus
Ostrom, 1969

Deinonychus (pronounced:dei-ON-ike-US) was a dinosaur that was 4 feet (1.2 meters) tall and 10 feet (3 meters) long. It was the second largest raptor (after Utahraptor). It was a dinosaur that hunted dinosaurs like Tenontosaurus or Psittacosaurus.

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