Classification
Dinosauria
Unranked clade
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Theropoda
Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda
Unranked clade
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Averostra
Unranked clade
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Tetanurae
Unranked clade
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Coelurosauria
Unranked clade
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Maniraptora
Unranked clade
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Paraves
Unranked clade
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Deinonychosauria
Infraorder
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Dromaeosauridae
Family
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Eudromaeosauria
Unranked clade
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Dromaeosaurinae
Subfamily
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Dromaeosaurus
Genus
Measurements
Length
2 m ⓘ
Mass
15 kg ⓘ
Fossil sites 48 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian
(72.2–66 Ma)
16
Campanian
(83.6–72.2 Ma)
29
Turonian
(93.9–89.8 Ma)
1
Cenomanian
(100.5–93.9 Ma)
1
Albian
(113.2–100.5 Ma)
1
Species (2)
Dromaeosaurus albertensis
110 Ma
Dromaeosaurus explanatus
101 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
W. D. Matthew and B. Brown. 1922. The family Deinodontidae, with notice of a new genus from the Cretaceous of Alberta. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 46(6):367-385
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