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Deinonychus (/ d aɪ ˈ n ɒ n ɪ k ə s / [1] dy-NON-ih-kəs; from Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós) 'terrible' and ὄνυξ (ónux), genitive ὄνυχος (ónukhos) 'claw') is a genus of dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur with one described species, Deinonychus antirrhopus.
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.
England: The first sauropod ever named. [18] Known only from a tooth Ceratosuchops: 2021 Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian) England: Differs from Baryonyx in subtle details of its skull Cetiosauriscus: 1927 Oxford Clay (Middle Jurassic, Callovian) England: Has been assigned to a variety of positions around Eusauropoda [19] [20] [21 ...
Tenontosaurus specimens have been found at over 50 sites, and 14 of those also contain Deinonychus remains. According to one 1995 study, only six sites containing Deinonychus fossils contain no trace of Tenontosaurus , and Deinonychus remains are only rarely found associated with other potential prey, like Sauropelta . [ 13 ]
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