Dromaeosauridae (/ˌdrɒmi.əˈsɔːrɪdiː/) is a family of feathered coelurosaurian theropod dinosaurs. They were generally small to medium-sized feathered...
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become a synonym of Dromaeosauridae when troodontids are found to form a clade with Avialae, to the exclusion of Dromaeosauridae. Tetrapterygidae is a...
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Phylogenetic analyses of D. steini place it in a variety of positions within Dromaeosauridae. In 2005, paleontologist Robert DePalma in Harding County, South Dakota...
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agrees that Pyroraptor's "unique" traits are widespread features of dromaeosauridae while also ruling out some of the other "unique traits" as results...
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хищный динозавр (Theropoda, Dromaeosauridae) из позднего мела Таджикистана" [A new theropod dinosaur (Theropoda, Dromaeosauridae) from the Late Cretaceous...
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fully covered in feathers (see Dromaeosauridae for more information). Bambiraptor was assigned to the Dromaeosauridae in 2000, though its position within...
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evident flight capacities. Sinornithosaurus was a member of the family Dromaeosauridae, a group of agile, predatory dinosaurs with a distinctive sickle-shaped...
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smaller and more numerous, 5–8 per mm, than those behind, 3.5–5. Within Dromaeosauridae, Atrociraptor is a member of Eudromaeosauria (or "true dromaeosaurids")...
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volant animal is also very clearly a dromaeosaurid to suggest that the Dromaeosauridae might actually be a basal bird group, and that later, larger, species...
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Utahraptor ostrommaysi. It is the largest-known member of the family Dromaeosauridae, measuring about 6–7 metres (20–23 ft) long and typically weighing...
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one. Turner and colleagues, in 2012, during their large revision of Dromaeosauridae, stated that the describing paper of Achillobator was likely published...
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the group Eudromaeosauria, a derived sub-group of the larger family Dromaeosauridae. It is often placed within its own subfamily, Velociraptorinae. In...
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the Prince Creek Formation. Dromaeosaurus is the type genus of both Dromaeosauridae and Dromaeosaurinae, which include many genera with similar characteristics...
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relationships of the Dromaeosauridae are still relatively poorly understood. In 1978, Sues assigned Saurornitholestes to the Dromaeosauridae. Later studies...
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with its humerus less than half the length of its femur. Among the Dromaeosauridae, only this genus, Tianyuraptor, Zhenyuanlong and Mahakala have similarly...
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suggests an ecological separation from the slower but more powerful Dromaeosauridae. Troodontid fossils were among the first dinosaur remains described...
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Eudromaeosauria and Microraptorinae, confirming its referral to the Dromaeosauridae, and possibly to Eudromaeosauria. Within that clade, however, most...
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Dromaeosaurinae is a subfamily of the theropod group Dromaeosauridae. The earliest dromaeosaurine is Utahraptor, dating back to the Early Cretaceous in...
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previously named subfamily of Dromaeosauridae, Unenlagiinae, so Unenlagiidae was often seen as a synonym of Dromaeosauridae. However, since the 2010s, there...
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ends of the metatarsals are somewhat fused. Adasaurus is a member of Dromaeosauridae, a group that is closely related to living birds. When erected by Barsbold...
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herbivorous (Therizinosauridae) and carnivorous (Tyrannosauroidea and Dromaeosauridae). The group includes some of the largest (Tyrannosaurus) and smallest...
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Velociraptorinae is a subfamily of the theropod group Dromaeosauridae. Definitive fossils attributed to the subfamily have only been found in the Late...
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dromaeosaurid, troodontid and avialan traits. It was in 2005 assigned to the Dromaeosauridae. A cladistic analysis by the describers showed it was part of the dromaeosaurid...
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than to Ornithomimus velox. It contains the major subgroups Avialae, Dromaeosauridae, Troodontidae, Oviraptorosauria, and Therizinosauria. Ornitholestes...
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(such as Passer domesticus). It traditionally includes the families Dromaeosauridae and Troodontidae, which each possess enlarged "sickle claws". However...
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this should be extrapolated using the proportions of the low-slung Dromaeosauridae or the long-legged basal birds. Estimates have thus varied between...
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Saurornitholestinae is a subfamily of the theropod group Dromaeosauridae. The saurornitholestines currently include monotypic genera Atrociraptor marshalli...
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Longrich, N.R.; Currie, P.J. (2009). "A microraptorine (Dinosauria–Dromaeosauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of North America". PNAS. 106 (13): 5002–7...
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primitive birds) †Troodontidae (omnivores; enlarged brain cavities) †Dromaeosauridae ("raptors") †Microraptoria (characterized by large wings on both the...
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Xu et al. showed that Xiaotingia formed a clade with Archaeopteryx, Dromaeosauridae and Troodontidae to the exclusion of other groups traditionally seen...
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