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Deinonychus Ostrom 1969 (coelurosaur)

Reptilia - Avetheropoda - Dromaeosauridae

PaleoDB taxon number: 38562

Full reference: J. H. Ostrom. 1969. A new theropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Montana. Postilla 128:1-17

Parent taxon: Eudromaeosauria according to S. E. Jasinski et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Achillobator, Adasaurus, Dromaeosaurinae, Saurornitholestinae, Utahraptor, Velociraptorinae

Subtaxa: Deinonychus antirrhopus

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore