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  2. Deinonychus - Wikipedia

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    If Deinonychus had feathered fingers and wings, the feathers would have limited the range of motion of the forelimbs to some degree. For example, when Deinonychus extended its arm forward, the 'palm' of the hand automatically rotated to an upward-facing position. This would have caused one wing to block the other if both forelimbs were extended ...

  3. Deinonychosauria - Wikipedia

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    Deinonychosauria is a clade of paravian dinosaurs which lived from the Late Jurassic to the Late Cretaceous periods. Fossils have been found across the globe in North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, South America, and Antarctica, [2] with fossilized teeth giving credence to the possibility that they inhabited Australia as well. [3]

  4. Dromaeosauridae - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 January 2025. Family of theropod dinosaurs Dromaeosaurids Temporal range: Cretaceous Pre๊ž’ ๊ž’ O S D C P T J K Pg N A collection of dromaeosaurid fossil skeletons. Clockwise from upper left: Deinonychus antirrhopus (a heavily built eudromaeosaur), Buitreraptor gonzalezorum (a long-snouted unenlagiine ...

  5. Origin of birds - Wikipedia

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    A turning point came in the early twentieth century with the writings of Gerhard Heilmann of Denmark.An artist by trade, Heilmann had a scholarly interest in birds and from 1913 to 1916, expanding on earlier work by Othenio Abel, [12] published the results of his research in several parts, dealing with the anatomy, embryology, behavior, paleontology, and evolution of birds. [13]

  6. Sexual dimorphism in dinosaurs - Wikipedia

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    Sexual dimorphism in dinosaurs refers to the different physical characteristics of male and female dinosaurs of the same species. This means that the male and female dinosaurs of a species may differ in size, color, shape, or they may even look like a completely different species altogether, such as in the case of the anglerfish.

  7. List of commonly used taxonomic affixes - Wikipedia

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    Meaning: bird, of a bird respectively. "ornith-" and "ornitho-" are generally used for animals with birdlike characteristics; the suffix "-ornis" is generally applied to fossil bird species. Examples: ornithischian ("bird-hipped"); Ornithocheirus ("bird-hand"); Eoconfuciusornis ("dawn bird of Confucius ")

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  9. John Ostrom - Wikipedia

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    The discovery of the Deinonychus fossils is considered one of the most important fossil finds in history. [22] [24] Deinonychus was an active predator that clearly killed its prey by leaping and slashing or stabbing with its "terrible claw", the meaning of the animal's genus name. Ostrom also suggested that it had hunted in packs.