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Draconyx (meaning "dragon claw") is a genus of dinosaur from the Late Jurassic. It was an ornithopod which lived in what is now Portugal and was a herbivore. It was found in the Lourinhã Formation in 1991, and described by Octávio Mateus and Miguel Telles Antunes in 2001. [1]
Mexidracon is unique amongst ornithomimids for possessing extremely lengthened metacarpals. Serrano-Brañas et al. (2025) hypothesized that these long hands may have allowed it to more efficiently gather vegetation, a function proposed for other herbivorous theropods with long arms and large claws such as the deinocheirid Deinocheirus and therizinosaurs.
Deinonychus (/ d aɪ ˈ n ɒ n ɪ k ə s / [1] dy-NON-ih-kəs; from Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós) 'terrible' and ὄνυξ (ónux), genitive ὄνυχος (ónukhos) 'claw') is a genus of dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur with one described species, Deinonychus antirrhopus.
[145] [146] [147] The arms, compared with those of other theropods, were suited for both grasping prey at a distance or clutching it close, [117] and the articulation of the claws suggests that they could have been used to hook things. [16] Finally, the top speed of Allosaurus has been estimated at 30–55 km (19–34 mi) per hour. [148]
They have “strong” claws and a “reduced” fifth toe that limits their climbing ability. The study’s lead co-author, Veerappan Deepak, described the new species as a “diminutive dragon ...
The tibia had a developed tuberosity and was expanded at the lower end. The astragalus bone (ankle bone) was separated from the tibia and the calcaneum, and formed half of the socket for the fibula. It had long, stout feet with three well-developed toes that bore large claws, which were much less curved than those of the hand.
Qiupalong (IPA: /ˌtɕʰuˈpaːloŋ/; Chinese: 秋扒龙; pinyin: Qiūpálóng; lit. 'dragon from the Qiupa Formation') is an extinct genus of ornithomimosaurian theropod that was discovered in the Late Cretaceous Qiupa Formation of Henan, China.
This list of non-avian theropod type specimens is a list of fossils that are the official standard-bearers for inclusion in the Mesozoic species and genera of the dinosaur clade Theropoda, which includes the carnivorous dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus and Velociraptor, their herbivorous relatives like the therizinosaurs, and birds.