Deinonychus

Silhouette of the dino

How To Say It

dye-NON-ik-us

What It Means

Terrible Claw

Did You Know?
The discovery in 1954 of Deinonychus, with its many birdlike features, indicated to many scientists that birds were descended from dinosaurs.

What It Eats

Illustration of food type

How Big It Is

Illustration of size comparison to humans

Where It Lived

Illustration of geographic location

When It Lived

115 - 108 Million Years Ago

Fun Fact

The arms of deinonychus would have dangled above the ground with dexterous and clawed fingers, which were held ready to grasp potential food.

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