Species
Valid Extinct

Deinonychus antirrhopus

(Ostrom 1969)

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
35
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Theropoda Unranked clade
Neotheropoda Unranked clade
Averostra Unranked clade
Tetanurae Unranked clade
Coelurosauria Unranked clade
Maniraptora Unranked clade
Paraves Unranked clade
Deinonychosauria Infraorder
Dromaeosauridae Family
Eudromaeosauria Unranked clade
Deinonychus Genus
Deinonychus antirrhopus Species
Fossil sites 35 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
35
Geological formations
Antlers
3
Holly Creek
1
Temporal distribution
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
26
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
9
Bibliography
Original description
J. H. Ostrom. 1969. A new theropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Montana. Postilla 128:1-17
Bibliography (12)
J. R. Nudds, D. R. Lomax, and J. P. Tennant. 2022. Gastroliths and Deinonychus teeth associated with a skeleton of Tenontosaurus from the Cloverly Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Montana, USA. Cretaceous Research 140 DOI ↗
C. A. Suarez, J. Frederickson, and R. L. Cifelli, J. G. Pittman, R. l. Nydam, R. K. Hunt-Foster, K. Morgan. 2021. A new vertebrate fauna from the Lower Cretaceous Holly Creek Formation of the Trinity Group, southwest Arkansas, USA. PeerJ 9(e12242):1-60 DOI ↗
J. A. Frederickson, M. H. Engel, and R. A. Cifelli. 2020. Ontogenetic dietary shifts in Deinonychus antirrhopus (Theropoda; Dromaeosauridae): insights into the ecology and social behavior of raptorial dinosaurs through stable isotope analysis. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 552 DOI ↗
M. P. J. Oreska, M. T. Carrano, and K. M. Dzikiewicz. 2013. Vertebrate paleontology of the Cloverly Formation (Lower Cretaceous), I: faunal composition, biogeographic relationships, and sampling. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(2):264-292 DOI ↗
P. M. Gignac, P. J. Makovicky, and G. M. Erickson, R. P. Walsh. 2010. A description of Deinonychus antirrhopus bite marks and estimates of bite force using tooth indentation simulations. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(4):1169-1177 DOI ↗
W. L. Parsons and K. M. Parsons. 2009. Further descriptions of the osteology of Deinonychus antirrhopus (Saurischia, Theropoda). Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences 38:43-54
W. Parsons and K. Parsons. 2004. Postcranial ontogeny of Deinonychus antirrhopus (Saurischia, Theropoda). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(3, suppl.):100A
M. J. Wedel, R. L. Cifelli, and R. K. Sanders. 2000. Osteology, paleobiology, and relationships of the sauropod dinosaur Sauroposeidon. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 45(4):343-388
M. Wedel. 2000. New material of sauropod dinosaurs from the Cloverly Formation. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(3 (suppl.)):77A
R. L. Cifelli, J. D. Gardner, and R. L. Nydam, D. L. Brinkman. 1997. Additions to the vertebrate fauna of the Antlers Formation (Lower Cretaceous), southeastern Oklahoma. Oklahoma Geology Notes 57(4):124-131
J. H. Ostrom. 1976. On a new specimen of the Lower Cretaceous theropod dinosaur <i>Deinonychus antirrhopus</i>. Breviora 439:1-21
J. H. Ostrom. 1970. Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Cloverly Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of the Bighorn Basin area, Wyoming and Montana. Peabody Museum Bulletin 35:1-234